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Our Founder, Claire Amos

Founder | Highly Recommended Clinical Educator | Advanced Aesthetic Nurse Prescriber

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Clinical director Claire Qualified as a nurse 2004 and has had a varied nursing career in Intensive care, A+E, District nursing and specialist palliative care.

 

Claire undertook aesthetic training in 2010 and has built up 15 years of experience completing the highest qualifications in aesthetics (post-graduate diploma, non-medical prescribing)

 

Claire has a private clinic in Coychurch Bridgend offering full face rejuvenations and skin care including skin analysis, Radiofrquency microneedling HIFU and dermalux LED light therapy.

 

Claire is registered with NMC, BAMAN, JCCP, Consulting rooms, Hamilton Fraser insurance, The good tweakments guide.

 

Claire is also the director of Safer aesthetics training academy and trains medical professionals in facial aesthetics, recently Claire has been highly recommended for her academic contribution to the field by BAMAN. 

 

Claire is an honest and ethical professional with decades of knowledge and experience and will only ever suggest evidence-based treatments that she feels will benefit her patients.

Claire won a highly commended award in 2025 from BAMAN- for her Academic contribution to the medical aesthetics industry. 

Claire’s training academy safer aesthetics training has also won a highly commended award at the safety in beauty diamond awards for best education and training provider 2025.

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Our Speakers
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Gillian Murray is a clinical prescribing pharmacist specialising in aesthetics medicine and holds a clinical academic position at Kings College London (KCL) University. At the university she is working towards her PhD in hyaluronidase.

Vascular adverse events are among the most serious complications associated with injectable aesthetic treatments. This presentation provides an updated, evidence-based overview of the mechanisms behind vascular compromise related to dermal fillers, with a clear distinction between hyaluronic acid–based occlusions and those caused by biostimulatory and hybrid products

Gillian Murray

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Dr MJ Rowland-Warmann is the lead clinician and co-founder of Smileworks Liverpool.

She originally qualified as a dentist and completed her Masters Degree in Orthodontics at BPP University. Although an extremely successful dentist she found her true passion in aesthetics.

Discover Galderma's Latest Innovation

 

Description:

With decades of experience in science and dermatology, Galderma has a long-standing commitment to research and development in the field. In this session, delegates will be introduced to a new advancement in the company's portfolio. This development draws on Galderma's heritage of scientific research and collaboration with

practitioners, and represents the next step in their ongoing innovation journey. 

Dr M J Rowland-Warmann

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Director of EmpathyWorks Leadership Consultancy

Steve explores and shares what it really takes to lead well when environments are complex, pressured and emotionally demanding. Steve Robertson, a retired Prison Governor of 35+ years, pairs frontline operational leadership insight with academic grounding from the EmpathyWorks Leadership Consultancy CIC and master’s research completed at the University of Cambridge. The keynote brings clarity to leading teams in tangled systems, sustaining wellbeing, restoring trust, designing culture in plain sight, showing up in small moments, absorbing operational noise without losing humanity, leading with psychological safety, convening partnership rhythm across agencies, and giving practitioners simple tools to deliver measurable progress with confidence. 

Steve Robertson

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The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is the UK’s independent regulator of advertising across all media. Its role is to ensure that adverts are legal, decent, honest, and truthful by enforcing the Advertising Codes, which are written by the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP). 

Advertising rules around cosmetic interventions, including botox or other prescription-only medicines 

On overview of the rules surrounding advertising of cosmetic interventions and the risks of non-compliance. We will focus particularly on advertising on social media for prescription-only medicines such as botox and outline the steps that the ASA take when they identify problem material. We will highlight best practice, common issue we encounter in the sector and direct you to further resources you can use day-to-day to keep your advertising on the right side of the line.

Taylor Meanwell

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Dr Keiron Lord is a regenerative aesthetics and longevity medicine doctor, NHS Obstetrics & Gynaecology surgeon, Clinical Associate Professor, and international speaker. He is the Founder of Dr Lord Group, a regenerative aesthetics and longevity clinic group, and The Dr Lord Approach, a training academy dedicated to raising standards in aesthetic practice. He is also Co-Founder of Talking Longevity, which encompasses longevity clinics, professional training, and a medical podcast.

In this session, he will present real-life case studies of complications encountered throughout his career, focusing on:
Why they occurred
How they could have been avoided
How they were recognised and managed
Key clinical lessons practitioners can apply immediately
This session is designed to build confidence, sharpen clinical judgement, and empower practitioners to practise more safely — learning from experience without having to live through it themselves.

Dr Keiron Lord

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Dr Olivia McCabe-Robinson is known for her academic excellence, surgical background and dedication to ethical, patient-focused care. After graduating in 2016 she pursued a surgical career, achieving her MRCS qualification with the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh.

Dr Olivia will be discussing How to incorporate skincare into your clinic to drive profits 

Dr Olivia McCabe-Robinson

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Talk Title:
Microneedling & Exosomes: Elevating Skin Regeneration Through Evidence-Informed Practice

 

Talk Summary:
In this insightful session, Dermalogica International Trainer and clinical nurse specialist Sophie Aniello explores the evolving synergy between microneedling and exosomes in skin regeneration. Drawing on more than 5,000 aesthetic procedures and her background in surgical ophthalmology, Sophie breaks down the science behind controlled micro-injury, cellular communication, and how exosome-rich therapies may enhance post-procedure recovery and results. She will discuss treatment indications, essential safety considerations, and how to integrate advanced skin health principles into existing protocols. With a focus on ethical, evidence-based practice, Sophie also highlights the importance of barrier-first skincare and professional-grade formulation standards - core principles central to Dermalogica’s education-led approach. Attendees will leave with practical techniques and a deeper understanding of how to optimise treatment outcomes while maintaining skin integrity at every step.

Sophie Aniello

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Hamilton Fraser insures medics and non-medics, including doctors, dentists, dental therapists, dental hygienists, nurses, operating department practitioners, physiotherapists, podiatrists, paramedics, pharmacists and beauticians, for a wide range of aesthetic treatments depending on background and training.

Hamilton Fraser
Official Insurance Parnter

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Max Hayward is the Co-founder of Aesthetic Nurse Software (ANS). Max has over seven years experience helping medical aesthetics practitioners to streamline their clinic and run a successful business with purpose built software. ANS supports 3,000+ aesthetic clinics across the UK. 

How Software Can Help You: Grow your business, retain patients & streamline your clinic! 

As your clinic grows, the systems you have in place become critical to building a sustainable business you can feel confident in. Max will explore how practitioners can grow their business, improve patient retention, and streamline clinic operations by choosing the right software and leveraging smart automation and integrated systems. You will gain practical insights into how digital tools can enhance the patient journey, reduce admin time, and support long-term clinic growth- whether you're new to aesthetics or running a busy, established clinic.

Max Hayward

NOON Aesthetics - Cerys Underhill

Cerys is a Midwife (2016), independent prescriber, and Level 7 qualified aesthetics practitioner, as well as the founder of Phoenix Aesthetics. With a strong clinical background, she takes a safety-first, evidence-based approach to aesthetic medicine, focusing on personalised treatment planning and natural outcomes. 

Jen Vittanuova

Hi! I’m Jen Vittanuova, Clinical Nurse Director of Jen Vittanuova Medical Aesthetics, and I’m genuinely passionate about helping people feel like the best version of themselves. With over 25 years in cosmetic surgery and medical aesthetics, I’ve had the privilege of being part of this incredible industry from the very beginning.

Merz Aesthetics

We are here to help you shape the future of your clinical practice, keeping medicine at the heart of everything we do. We are proud of our healthcare heritage which began over one hundred and ten years ago, and our organisation is still run by the same family to this day.

JCCP

The JCCP has been established as a vehicle to promote patient safety in the world of non-surgical aesthetics and hair restoration surgery. It achieves this by the provision of information/advice to the public and its ‘Practitioner Register’. 

Ron Myers

This session reflects on thirty years of first-hand experience in the aesthetics sector, tracking how the industry has expanded, overheated, and reinvented itself multiple times. It looks at the forces behind each boom—new treatments, shifting regulation, investor interest, and changing patient expectations.

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