Mrs Breakwell BSc Hons MBCO became proprietor in 1999, leaving her position as head of the Optometry Department at the City hospital, Birmingham. Having previously worked in the Optometry Department at Warwick, Coventry and George Eliot hospitals, Mrs Breakwell has extensive experience in specialist eyecare, and as a partner in Whitehouse & Son Opticians in Nuneaton and Atherstone continues to run three successful optical businesses.