Board of Directors Profiles

Jayne was elected to the Board of Directors in April 2006 and
holds the position of Chair. Jayne is Chair of the Professional Standards Committee and Professional Conduct Director. She has been a member of the Society since student days.

Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Jayne gained a chemistry degree at Oxford before working in investment banking, for eight years.

Her fascination with homeopathy began 13 years ago when she witnessed first hand the huge impact homeopathic treatment has. After graduating from the Soluna School of Homeopathy, Jayne practiced in Staffordshire and Derbyshire before moving to Buckinghamshire where she now lives and works in Flackwell Heath.

Jayne has organised student clinics, taught short introductory courses in homeopathy, supervises students and belongs to a peer supervision group.

She considers herself a grass roots homeopath, whose goal is to make the use of homeopathy common place in her community.

Declaration of Interests - nothing to declare.

A native of Blakely, Manchester, Phil attended the local Grammar School before obtaining an HND (Distinction) in Business Studies at Bolton Institute of Technology. The interest in Business Studies followed a fascination with Economics at A level, and a subsequent strong interest in Marketing. On the advice of his marketing lecturer, Phil pursued a career in sales and marketing with Van den Bergh & Jurgens, a subsidiary of Unilever, where he gained valuable business experience.

It was later during a 3-year stay in British Columbia Canada, that Phil discovered his interest in natural health and on his return to the UK worked first for Sunwheel, and later Whole Earth Foods. Between these 2 jobs came a 6-year period where Phil discovered a way of combining his interest in natural health with his work and became a founder member of what later became Futon Company.

In 1985, Phil decided to study Homeopathic Medicine with Misha Norland, at The School of Homeopathy in Devon. In order to devote himself to his studies he said goodbye to Futon Company, but has remained profoundly influenced by his experience there in taking a business from a turnover of £10,000 a year when he joined to over half a million a year when he left. Phil has practised homeopathy since 1988. He considers his most consistent mentor to be Professor George Vithoulkas, with whom he still studies every year in Alonissos Greece.

Phil's current goal, as well as supporting the movement towards the single register and independent accreditation for Colleges of Homeopathy, is to lend his experience towards helping the Society's fundamental mission of 'Homeopathy for all.' Phil has a clear vision of a future where Homeopathy takes its rightful place as a highly respected profession, and where a high percentage of the general public know about the benefits of homeopathy for their health.

Declared Interests: Distributor for Radar Homeopathic Software in the UK. Co-organiser for the annual Vithoulkas Open Course, in Alonissos, Greece.

Diane Goodwin RSHom
Diane came to homeopathy through a background in operating theatre nursing. She began studying Homeopathy in 1983 and graduated from the Northumbrian College of Homeopathy (the Darlington Collective) in 1987. After graduation she went on to do postgraduate work in Darlington which eventually lead to The Dynamis School of which Diane was also the first administrator.

Diane has been a member of The Society of Homeopaths since 1983 and has been in full time practice in Edinburgh since 1987. During this time homeopathy has taken her around the world, from Budapest to Brazil, from Calcutta to California, teaching, studying and treating patients. She is a strong advocate of statutory state regulation believing that this will not only protect the public but also help to create a career path for homoeopaths both within and without the NHS. She also feels it is important to recognise the changes in the way health care will be delivered in the future and to be able to adapt to those changes.

Diane is a member of the The Society's Membership & Communications Committee.

Declaration of Interests - nothing to declare.

She runs a busy practice in Devon, and is a strong advocate for homeopathy locally. She believes passionately in the benefits homeopathy has to offer, and in the collective responsibility of homeopaths to move forward into the future with solid professionalism, within the supportive framework we have developed over many years. She embraces change and challenge as part of the integral health of the individual and the organisation, and looks forward to demonstrating her commitment to the profession, and directing her energy where it can be best placed to assist and to continue building on the existing foundations. Julia welcomes the move towards a single register, and the development of the role of the Society as a regulatory body, seeing this as essential for the future of homeopathic practice, alongside excellence in the education and supervision of future homeopaths.

Julia is part of the Professional Standards Committee.

Declaration of Interests - nothing to declare.

Ralf Jeutter trained at the North West College of Homoepathy in Manchester from 1996-2000. He continued his homeopathic and medical training at the Institute of Clinical Research (ICR) in Mumbai and Pune, India. In 2001, through a stroke of good luck, he came across the writings of Andre Saine (Canda), and has since then started to understand what Hahnemann was on about. He runs a private practice in Sussex. Before his life as a homeopath he has been a senior lecturer at the Manchester Metropolitan University. He is teaching homeopathy in the UK and Germany.

He has a passion for excellence in homeopathic education. He feels strongly that we need a standardised homeopathic educational system based on the core writings of homeopathy (Hahnemann, Boenninghausen, Kent).

Ralf joined the Board of Directors in March 2006 and is a member of The Society’s Membership & Communications Committee.

Declaration of Interests - Programme Leader at Purton House School of Homeopathy and Course Director at College of Naturopathic Medicine.

Caroline graduated from The London College of Classical Homeopathy in 1996. She practises in London and Brighton. Alongside private practice, making homeopathy more widely available, particularly to disadvantaged groups has been an area of special interest, she has worked in a number of funded projects in varied settings from prisons to NHS clinics.

Supervision is an important focus for her as a supervisor of students and post-graduates and as a member of a peer group. She has worked for The Society as an Assessor and Mentor 2003–2006.

Caroline is passionate about homeopathic research and feels that a strong stance is required in terms of building research capacity into our practices. She lectures and supervises at South Downs School of Homeopathy and has lectured abroad in Eastern Europe and Central America.

Sally Nunn RSHom
Sally graduated from the London College of Classical Homeopathy in 1996, and practices in Arundel and Chichester, West Sussex. She joined the Board of Directors in March 2004, having previously worked for the Society as an Assessor for the former Registration Programme. Sally is a trained Supervisor and a cases Supervisor for The South Downs School of Homeopathy in Chichester for whom she also manages a low cost student clinic. She delivers introductory courses and workshops both independently, and for Adult Education Colleges.

Sally was elected onto the board for a second time in 2007. Sally is a member of the Society’s Membership Committee and serves on the boards of HETRA and TradCo. She is also Chair of the Membership & Communications Committee.

Declaration of Interests - Supervisor and Clinic Supervisor at South Downs School of Homeopathy.

Les spent 40 years in business, including 10 years at Unilever Port Sunlight and 30 years in Textile related industries fulfilling Director Roles in Sales, Business development, Exports, and Mergers and Acquisitions. His last position before taking early retirement and setting up his own consultancy firm in 2001 was that of Business Development and Export Director of Rufflette Limited, the UK Brand leader in Window Furnishing Tapes and Accessories. He was also responsible for Intellectual Property (Trademarks, Patents and Licensing Agreements).

Les has been a self employed business consultant since 2002 carrying out many consultancy tasks both textile and business related. He is currently the Senior Independent Director of a small Mutual Insurance Company, having been Chairman and acting general manager over the past 7 years. He is also Chairman of Trustees of the Society Pension Fund. He is a Director of Chester Credit Union and a Board Trustee of the Chester Citizen Advice Bureau. His other work includes independent examination of accounts and advice on Corporate Governance to Trusts and Parish Councils.

Les was invited to become a co-opted member of the Board of the Society of Homeopaths and Financial Consultant in 2006 and after initial interviews was appointed to the board in a non-voting capacity. He is the Chair of the Finance and General Purposes subcommittee.