Council
The BDIA Council sets the Association’s objectives and strategy to ensure we are well positioned to meet future business needs. The current council members are:
| 1 |
Sonia Tracey (President) |
W&H (UK) Ltd |
| 2 |
Daniel Davis (Vice President) |
J&S Davis Ltd |
| 3 |
Mike Cann (Honorary Treasurer) |
Septodont Ltd |
| 4 |
Patrick Allen |
Henry Schein |
| 5 |
Alex Breitenbach* |
NSK UK Ltd |
| 6 |
Michael Farrow |
SDI Dental Ltd |
| 7 |
Ken Finlayson |
FMC |
| 8 |
Peter Gowers |
Panadent Ltd |
| 9 |
Dean Hallows |
Dentsply Sirona |
| |
Ian Pope** |
Dürr Dental |
| 10 |
Stuart Thompson |
George Warman Publications |
| |
Matthew Turner** |
A-Dec Dental UK |
| 11 |
Gail Vernon |
VSM Healthcare |
* Left council in June 2018 after serving for 7 years
** Elected June 2018
Committees
The President, Vice-President and Honorary Treasurer are ex-officio members of all committees.
Finance & Executive
The Finance and Executive Committee is responsible for overseeing the domestic affairs of the Association and managing our assets.
| Daniel Davis (Chairman) |
J&S Davis Ltd |
| Mike Cann |
Septodont Ltd |
| Edmund Proffitt |
BDIA |
| Sonia Tracey |
W&H (UK) Ltd |
Editorial
The Editorial Committee is responsible for the publication of Dental Insider (formerly Dental Trader), our quarterly magazine for employees of our member companies.
| Sarah Bradbury (Chairman) |
Dentists’ Provident |
| Sophie Chalk |
EK Communications |
| Julian English |
FMC |
| Louise Francis |
Manan Ltd |
| Dean Hallows |
Dentsply Sirona |
| Ed Hunt |
Purple Media Solutions |
| Eddie MacKenzie |
George Warman Publications |
| Jane MacRae |
Henry Schein Dental |
| Richard McGowan |
Straumann |
| Alpana Warke Vijayaraghavan |
The Dental Directory |
| David Westgarth |
British Dental Association |
| Ed Wyre |
Mark Allen Exhibitons |
Export
The Export Committee is responsible for identifying and facilitating export opportunities for our members. It does not have a formal membership but meets as required to discuss specific opportunities.
The Export Committee is open to all BDIA members with an interest in exporting.
| Mark Sanderson (Chairman) |
Advanced Healthcare Ltd |
Rules, Regulations & Standards
The Rules, Regulations and Standards Committee is responsible for reviewing and updating the BDIA’s Code of Practice as well as any other documents relating to Association rules and regulations as required.
| Daniel Davis |
J&S Davis Ltd |
| Patrick Mather |
Henry Schein Dental |
Education & Training
The Education & Training Committee is responsible for our training programme ‘BDIA Certificate: Introduction to Dentistry’ and for ensuring our training strategy is implemented.
| Julian English (Chairman) |
FMC |
| Angela Beale |
SimplyHealth Professionals |
| David Claridge |
Carestream Dental Ltd |
| Laura Edgar |
QWS |
| Belinda Mayoh |
Kemdent |
| John Rafelt |
3M ESPE Dental Products |
| Elaine Tilling |
TePe Oral Hygiene Products |
Statistics
The Statistics Committee is responsible for sourcing, compiling and distributing statistics to our members.
| Kate Scheer (Chairman) |
W&H (UK) |
| Alex Breitenbach |
NSK UK Ltd |
| Chris Conway |
TePe Oral Hygiene Products |
| Daniel Davis |
J&S Davis Ltd |
| Ian Ellis |
Dentsply Sirona |
| Peter Gowers |
Panadent Ltd |
| Abigail Lock |
Coltène Ltd |
| Grant Long |
Henry Schein Dental |
| Charlotte Main |
A-dec Dental UK |
| Chris Mason |
Hu-Friedy |
| Nick Tait |
Dental Directory |
| Paul Willmer |
DMG Dental Products (UK) Ltd |