Seminar speakers

Professor George Lewith

Professor George Lewith is a qualified physician, who has conducted research within the field of complementary medicine for the past 30 years. He works at the University of Southampton where he leads an internationally respected research group.

Antony Haynes

Antony Haynes has over 18 years of experience as a nutritional therapist and teacher. He has been providing practitioners with technical advice for over 14 years and he has seen over 11,000 patients! Author of The Insulin Factor and The Food Intolerance Bible, he won CAM Magazine’s Outstanding Practice Award earlier this year.

Gill Tree

Gill Tree is managing director of Essentials For Health – a leading school of massage. A lively and entertaining public speaker, author and award winning entrepreneur, she also writes for Massage World magazine. Keen to share her expertise, her energy and enthusiasm for business ensure her seminars and workshops are highly effective.

Alison Cullen

Alison Cullen has worked in the health industry since 1987 and currently combines her practice as a nutritional therapist with the role of Education Manager for A Vogel. Alison lectures, trains and writes extensively on health issues, and is often to be found quoted in health magazines and on health-related websites.

John Hicks

John Hicks teaches acupuncture internationally and has been practicing since 1975. He is co-founder and joint principal of the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine in Reading. As well as teaching and developing post-graduate courses, he wrote The Principles of Chinese Herbal Medicine and is co-author of Five Element Constitutional Acupuncture.

Liz Hawkins

Liz Hawkins is principal lecturer at the University of Westminster’s School of Life Sciences. A nurse and complementary therapist, she has extensive experience of providing aromatherapy, massage, reflexology and reiki to cancer patients in hospital and hospices. She has contributed to National Guidelines and Policy Development for Complementary Therapies for patients with cancer.

Margaret Coats

Margaret Coats became CNHC’s Interim Chief Executive and Registrar on 1 September 2011. Margaret’s most recent position was as CEO at the General Chiropractic Council. Previous roles included CEO of the Occupational Standards Council for Health & Social Care and Head of the NHS Open Learning Unit. Margaret is looking forward to meeting the many individuals who work so tirelessly on behalf of complementary healthcare.

Daniel Baden

Daniel Baden is a qualified naturopath and homoeopath based in Sydney, with over 23 years’ clinical experience. He has published articles, lectured extensively, consulted on natural medicines to various media groups, and is also on the advisory board of the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR) (University of Hong Kong).

Dr Marilyn Glenville

Dr Marilyn Glenville PhD is the UK’s leading nutritionist specialising in women’s health. She is the Former President of the Food and Health Forum at The Royal Society of Medicine and patron of the Daisy Network, a premature menopause support group. Dr Glenville is the author of nine of internationally bestselling books including, ‘The Natural Health Bible for Women’, New Natural Alternatives to HRT’. `Fat around the Middle`. ‘Getting Pregnant – Faster ‘, ‘Healthy Eating for the Menopause’. ‘The Nutritional Health Handbook for Women’. ‘. ‘Overcoming PMS the Natural Way’ and ‘Osteoporosis – how to treat, prevent and reverse it. Dr Glenville won the Best Nutrition Health Writer of the Year award in 2009 and appears in the 2010 edition of Who’s Who.

Jayney Goddard

Jayney Goddard is President of The Complementary Medical Association (The CMA) and is considered to be one of the world’s leading experts in the natural healthcare field. She is a respected author and popular broadcaster and she lectures on complementary medicine to doctors and medical students world-wide.

Patrick Holford

One of the world’s leading authorities on new approaches to health and nutrition. Patrick Holford is founder of the “Institute for Optimum Nutrition”. He is author of over 20 books, including the world wide best-seller, the Optimum Nutrition Bible which has sold over 1 million copies.

Neil E Levin

Neil E. Levin is the nutrition education manager for NOW Foods. A board-certified clinical nutritionist, with a Diplomate in Advanced Nutritional Laboratory Assessment, he is a professional member of the International & American Associations of Clinical Nutritionists, and the current corporate secretary/program chair (past president) of the American Nutrition Association.

Kush Kumar

The Chair of the Complementary Therapists Association is Kush Kumar, a leading teacher and exponent of Indian Head Massage and Complementary Therapies. Kush is an author, therapist and working in education for a University of Teesside and Stockton Riverside College in the field of Complementary Therapies.

Paul Lewis

Paul originates from Toronto, Canada and his comprehensive teaching experience across the globe means he is considered an expert in technical instruction for many therapies. Paul has special interests in effortless, treatment techniques, body mechanics, and post surgical treatments. He has presented across the world and is also scheduled this year to instruct workshops in Canada, Japan, United States and China.

Jan De Vries

Jan de Vries is a renowned naturopath and well-respected speaker throughout the world. In 1959 he left a career in pharmacy to study homoeopathy under Dr Alfred Vogel, with whom he co-founded Holland’s first naturopathic clinic. He’s won many accolades over the years, including the Natural Products outstanding achievement award 2008, and is the author of over 40 books.

Professor Paul Clayton

Professor Paul Clayton has over 30 years’ experience specialising in the clinical pharmacology of food derivates and their relationship to health and disease. He has published articles on dietary shift and public health, natural anorexigens and pharmaco-nutritional programming, and is currently working in the areas of infection control and innate immune function.

Bharti Vyas

Bharti Vyas is vice-president of the FHT. A trained beauty therapist, she was one of the first practitioners to combine beauty treatments with holistic therapy – over 25 years ago. She now runs three successful beauty centres, has written several books on holistic health, and continues to champion holistic beauty therapy in the media.

Nicola Moore

Nicola Moore is a nutritional therapist and clinic director of The ION Clinic. She is considered a specialist in the areas of female hormone health and fertility, and over the years her work with women has developed her interest in the role emotions play in food choices, optimal health and well-being.

Mary Atkinson

Mary Atkinson was the recipient of camexpo’s Outstanding Achievement Award 2010. She is a complementary therapist, runs her own accredited training school, and is an instructor on the Massage In Schools programme. A health journalist for over 25 years, she has written several popular books on massage including Healing Touch for Children.

Denise Tiran

Denise Tiran MSC RM RGN ADM PGCEA, is a midwife, lecturer, researcher, author, practitioner of several complementary therapies and an internationally-renowned authority on the safety of complementary therapies in pregnancy. She is Director of Expectancy, which provides professional courses on pregnancy complementary therapies, and Visiting Lecturer at Greenwich University.

Dr Robert Verkerk

Dr Robert Verkerk is an internationally acclaimed expert in health and environmental sustainability, having spent 10 years at Imperial College, London. He has been the executive and scientific director of the Alliance for Natural Health, an organisation devoted to the protection and promotion of natural and sustainable approaches to healthcare, since its inception in 2002.

Maggy Wallace

Maggy Wallace MA BA DipEd DipN is Executive Chair and Director of Policy at CNHC. She has a substantial national and international background and reputation in professional regulation, health and professional education . She finds CNHC activity rewarding and challenging in equal measure!