John Hicks is joint principal and co-founder of the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine. He has a PhD from the University of London and has been in practice since 1975. He trained at the College of Traditional Acupuncture and has a DrAc from that college.

Tom Sydenham qualified from the College of Traditional Acupuncture in 1995 and works as a traditional acupuncturist in Brighton. He teaches on the acupuncture course at the University of East London and is a guest lecturer on the Chinese cultural studies programme.