Our Board
Tomas Collin
President
Tomas Collin has a great interest in health promotion, especially the osteopathic community’s role in contributing to patient health education and building healthy public policies. In addition to being a licensed osteopath and physiotherapist, he holds a MSc in clinical practice. Tomas is the elected president of the Norwegian Association of Osteopaths, combining this role with clinical work in Færder, south of Oslo, where he also works with an elite handball team. Tomas is heavily involved in the Nordic Osteopathic Association and Osteopathy Europe, having been a board member since 2023 and chairing the education committee since 2021. Tomas was elected as the president of Osteopathy Europe in March, 2026.
email: tomas@osteopathyeurope.org
Maurice Cheng
Chief Executive
Maurice has a background in marketing and strategy consulting, and has for the last eighteen years specialised in supporting the development of professions, working across both regulators and professional associations. He is at present the Chief Executive of the Institute of Osteopathy in the United Kingdom, which has a membership of over 4,000 osteopaths and students, and he and the iO Council and team are working to build on the platform of regulation towards universal access and recognition for osteopaths.
As the Advisor to the Osteopathy Europe Board, Maurice serves to provide best advice to Board members during their discussions around strategic and operational issues. email: maurice@osteopathyeurope.org
Julien Bosc
General Secretary
Julien Bosc graduated as an osteopath from the Université Libre de Bruxelles which is based in Belgium. He works as an osteopath in the capital.
He serves as a board member of Osteopathie.be (the major professional body representing osteopaths in Belgium) and through other mandates in local organisations. It is within his mandate at Osteopathie.be that he defends the interests of osteopaths, promotes osteopathy in Belgium and advocates the best osteopathic care for every patient.
Always close to the scientific world, Julien is a scientific collaborator within the “Unité de Recherche en Sciences de l’Ostéopathie” at Université Libre de Bruxelles.
email: julien@osteopathyeurope.org
Glynis Fox
Board Member
Glynis qualified from UCO (formally BSO) in 1997. She worked in London after graduating, practicing as a locum across the UK before setting up her own practice in Edinburgh, where she is currently the principal Osteopath. She has been a coach and mentor for her junior colleagues for over ten years. She is an active member of local and national osteopathic organisations. She has an interest in working in general practice and with people with persistent pain. She focuses on mentoring and increasing community within osteopathy. She has lectured across the UK, Europe and New Zealand on mentoring and leadership.
email: glynis@osteopathyeurope.org
Laura Lee Calonius
Board Member
Laura graduated as an osteopath from the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki. She works as a part of a co-operative clinic with 11 other osteopaths. Laura was the president of the Finnish Osteopathic Association from 2018 to 2024, having been a board member since 2016 and the representative for FORE/EFO/Osteopathy Europe since 2017.
Since January 2020 she is a part-time member of the Metropolia UAS faculty of osteopathy, and head of the Master’s Degree Programme is Osteopathy. Laura has an enthusiastic and positive attitude towards promoting, supporting and developing the position of the osteopathic profession in Finland and internationally.
email: laura@osteopathyeurope.org
Robert Grech
Board Member
Robert is the founder and president of the Malta Association of Osteopaths (MAO). He was the first osteopath to be registered in the country’s national register where the profession is currently regulated. He worked extensively to maintain high standards of patient care within the country and also currently assists the regulator as a sub-committee member of the profession.
Giacomo Consorti
Board Member
Giacomo is an osteopath (D.O., MSc Osteopathy), academic lecturer, researcher, and National Board Member and Treasurer of the Registro degli Osteopati d’Italia (ROI). His professional work intergrates clinical practice, higher education, research, and institutional governance, with a strong commitment on professional regulation, policy dialogue, and strategic development at European level.
Academically, he is actively involved in higher education, curriculum development, and faculty training. Clinically, he works with elite Track & Field athletes, translating osteopathic principles into contemporary, evidence-informed care focused on performance, injury prevention, and long-term health.
He brings experience in academic leadership, regulatory processes, and is committed to strengthening osteopathy as a coherent, evidence-informed primary contact healthcare profession across diverse European contexts.
email: giacomo@osteopathyeurope.org
Julie Ellwood
Board Member
Julie is an osteopath with over 30 years of professional experience across healthcare, leadership, research, and governance.
She has been actively involved in professional development, education, and regulatory advocacy, serving on multiple boards and committees at national and international level. Since 2024, she has been President of the Osteopathic Council of Ireland (OCI), leading significant governance reform, policy development, and engagement with government and health system stakeholders.
Her work reflects a strong commitment to collaboration, professional regulation, and the strategic advancement of osteopathy within the wider healthcare landscape. She brings board experience, institutional leadership, and understanding of organisational governance to the OE Board.