Executive Team
Chief Executive: Michele Acton
Michele Acton gained an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University. She then spent 15 years working as an investment banker in London advising companies on raising finance and mergers and acquisitions. In 2004 she became the Chief Executive of UCL Hospitals Charitable Foundation taking day-to-day responsibility for all aspects of the charity. Michele became Chief Executive of Fight for Sight in November 2006.
Head of Finance: Kalok Bonar
Kalok Bonar gained a BSC (Hons) in Business Computing Systems at The City University and subsequently qualified with the ACCA. Kalok has over 17 years of finance experience in the commercial sector, mostly working in large international organisations. She has worked in Europe, the USA and Asia. Kalok became Head of Finance for Fight for Sight in November 2007.
Director of Research: Dolores M Conroy
Dolores M Conroy PhD received her postdoctoral degree in Pharmacology from the Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, in 1991. Following a postdoctoral training at the University of Sherbrooke, Canada, she joined Imperial College London in 1995 as a researcher in respiratory disease mechanisms. In 2004 Dolores took up a position of Principal Scientist at Mercia Pharma Inc, a small US biotech company, developing vaccines for chronic diseases. In June 2008 Dolores joined Fight for Sight as a Research Officer.