Katherine Nicholson
Branch Manager & Dispensing Optician
Meet the branch manager at Leightons Swindon.
Sebastiana Cara
Dispensing Optician
Seb joined the Optical industry 6 years ago, starting as an Optical Hearing Assistant and then furthering her education as a Dispensing Optician. She is passionate about studying, therefore she has a few more qualifications, because why not? She is a qualified pharmacy technician, a bartender and a barista. In her free time, she looks after her Free Little Library, a project designed in lockdown for people to " bring a book, take a book", made originally from a restored tv stand, and placed right in front of her bungalow. Seb also loves biking, spending as much time as possible outdoors, looking after her allotment and after her french bulldog.
Wendy West
Optical Hearing Assistant
Wendy first joined Leightons in 2018 on a temporary basis, as maternity cover. After a short break, Wendy reapplied to be a full time permanent member of the Swindon team. Her favourite parts of the job are meeting new people and helping whenever she can. Outside work, Wendy enjoys spending time with her partner and her two cats, Mitzi and Noodle.
Lauren Painter
Optical Hearing Assistant
Lauren joined Leightons Opticians & Hearing Care late in 2019. She adores the fashion element in spectacles loves being able to help customers find the perfect glasses that they love too. In her spare time she is either riding motorbikes, mountain biking or playing and training her cats Thomas and Timothy and her border collie Desmo. She has her license in Falconry, her favourite bird to fly is the Lanner Falcon.
Sara Evans
Optical Hearing Assistant
Sara first joined optics in 2018, after a short break she realised how much and missed working in the industry, and not long after found the wonderful team at Leightons in Swindon. In her spare time, Sara loves to play video games, dungeons & dragons, and watch movies!