Regulator names new executive leadership of fitness to practise and registration

The regulation directorate will enhance resilience and efficiency and improve recruitment, flexibility and career development for staff.

This role is a significant and influential senior leadership position and will be responsible for a large part of the GDC’s operation, specifically the core regulatory functions of Registration, Fitness to Practise and Hearings, leading a multi-disciplinary team of over 110 people.

Theresa Thorp will be joining the GDC as executive director, regulation on September 14, 2023, based in Birmingham. Theresa joins the GDC from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors where she has held several positions, most recently as director of regulation enforcement and governance. She is a qualified advocate with rights of appearance in the South African High Courts and a solicitor-advocate (criminal) in England and Wales.