Getting to know an unlikely bunch

The board of the Joint Council of Cosmetic Practitioners is made up of various professionals who ensure the organisation runs smoothly

A nurse, a professor and an environmental health officer walk into a board room—it sounds like the start of an odd joke, but these are just three of the varied professionals that sit on the board of the Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners (JCCP). For some people in the non-surgical aesthetics community, there remains some mystery around the JCCP: who they are as a council, who they are as individuals, why these individuals reside on the committees and what they do. From the outside, it is difficult to understand the work that the council does and the experience and motivations of the people in it. While the council is a bit of a motley crew, there is some significant logic behind the mishmash of professionals who steer it, and something to note is the several professionals on the board and committees who do not practise in aesthetics. This two-part article explores how some of those people came to be part of the JCCP and the work that they lead.