The Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners (JCCP) has confirmed that Professor David Sines will step down as its independent executive chair when his second term concludes in February 2026.
The organisation shares that within his role, Professor Sines has spent the past decade collaborating with Parliamentarians, Government officials, statutory regulators, specialty influencers and a wide range of sector stakeholders to help shape the proposed regulatory and licensing framework for the UK aesthetics field.
Appointed in January 2016 as the founding independent executive chair and registrar of the JCCP, Professor Sines assumed the role following a two-year appointment with Health Education England. According to the JCCP, during this period he led the national review of education and training standards for the non-surgical aesthetics sector on behalf of Sir Bruce Keogh, then chief medical officer at the Department of Health.
Professor Sines commented, “It has been a great honour to lead the JCCP over the past decade. We have achieved a great deal and I believe we stand on the threshold of an important breakthrough with the development of a new regulation and licensing scheme for the non-surgical cosmetic sector in the UK. This will be a major step towards improved patient safety and public protection and I pay warm tribute to all those many colleagues who have made this possible. I am a great believer in public protection and I believe that after two lengthy terms as executive chair and registrar, it is the right time to hand over the leadership of the JCCP.”