Board

​Eddie was elected as Chair of the board in September 2020. Before that, he served as Deputy Chair between 2014 and 2020.

He was Secretary of Birmingham Local Dental Committee for over ten years and was also Chair.

He qualified in 1984 from Kings and now provides Orthodontic Care for patients in South Birmingham in two locations, having previously been a Clinical Assistant in Orthodontics.

He has previously Chaired the Annual Conference of LDCs and the West Midlands Association of LDCs, held the post of President of the Central Counties Branch and served on the GDPC Committee for over ten years.

He has been married to Jane for over 30 years and has a daughter Laura and a grandson and granddaughter.

In 2007 he successfully challenged a termination clause in PDS Agreements in the High Court.

Paul graduated from Newcastle University in 2001. In 2006 he acquired two primarily NHS practices in South Shields, which he subsequently expanded prior to sale in 2015. After seven years as a GPT trainer, he became a Dental Foundation Training Programme Director in 2012 and oversees the GPT scheme in the North East. Since 2017 he has been the Regional Dental Workforce Development Advisor for HEE in the North East. He became Deputy Postgraduate Dental Dean in 2019. He is a part-time Associate Clinical Lecturer at Newcastle University, and a Fellow of the Faculty of Dental Trainers RCS Edinburgh. His MSc in healthcare leadership was completed in 2019.

He has been a member of the board since 2012. His responsibilities include Chair of Pensions Committee, Chair of Students Committee and Chair of BDA Trust Fund board of Trustees. He is a member of GDPC Remuneration Committee. Prior to election onto PEC, he was on BDA Representative Body from 2004–2012. He spent five years as BDA Northern Counties Branch Treasurer before becoming Branch President from 2012-2015. He is also a member of Gateshead and South Tyneside LDC.

Peter is Deputy Chair of the board.

He worked entirely in general practice, first as an associate for four years and then as a practice owner in Ballymena for thirty years. The practice began life fully NHS but was a mixed practice when it was sold in 2017.

Since then Peter has worked as a dentist on three visits to West Africa with Mercy Ships.

He was Chair of Northern LDC from 2009 to 2011 and Chair of Northern Ireland DPC from June 2010 until January 2018.

He has been married for 37 years and has one daughter, two sons and three Scottish grandchildren.

Peter is a BDA Trustee, Chairs the BDA Finance Committee and is the Board nominee on the Board of Trustees of the BDA Benevolent Fund.

John qualified from Liverpool in 1974 and gained an MFGDP in 1993. He has worked throughout his career as a GDP in Blackpool and the Fylde Coast area.

He was appointed a VT trainer in1988 and went on to be appointed to the Dental Vocational Training Authority and as a visiting panel member to several schemes.

He has served his local Fylde Section as Secretary and Chairman and been both Secretary and President of the North Western Branch in 1998 and 2015.

He was elected to serve on Lancashire LDC in 1986 and is currently Chairman of Lancashire Coastal LDC. He is a clinical adviser to the local area team serving on the Routine Care Network and Performers List Decision Panels. In 2002, he was appointed as a Local Adviser for Dental Protection Ltd.

He was appointed to serve on GDSC in 1986 representing the Lancashire region continuously on the GDPC until the present time. He is currently a member of the Legislation Sub Committee.

Lauren qualified from Cardiff in 2009 and has worked full time as a GDP in Wales ever since. She bought her practice in 2017 and became a Foundation Trainer in 2020.

Lauren’s main focus for the past few years has been on helping to maintain the mental health of dental professionals. She set up a closed Facebook forum where dentists are able to discuss all aspects of mental health, stress and crisis.

Lauren is a founding member and current trustee of Confidental, a helpline providing emotional first aid and signposting to dentists in crisis.

In addition to her role on the PEC she is also the Vice Chair of the YDC, Vice Chair of WGDPC, the South East Wales Representative on GDPC and sits on Welsh Council.

Outside of dentistry Lauren is married with three young children and quite a lot of pets!

Alison has been a board member since its inception in 2012 and served as Chair of the Education, Ethics and the Dental Team Working Group until 2020.

After qualifying from Edinburgh she was an early VT, as they were then known, and has always worked in general practice, for several years owning and running 5 practices in Leicestershire and Oxfordshire, as well as holding prison contacts, being a VT trainer, and running a dental practice within the Oxford BMW factory.

She is very grateful to the electorate who have recently re-elected her and thoroughly enjoys the privilege of working for the BDA membership.

​Jonathan qualified from the Royal London Hospital in 1989 and has spent his entire career working in general practice. Together with his wife Jayne, he runs a six-surgery practice in Corfe Mullen near Wimborne in Dorset. He is an educational supervisor and is currently looking after his seventeenth foundation dentist.

Jonathan believes that everyone has the right to good-quality, affordable dental care and has worked as an NHS dentist for over thirty years. He feels saddened that successive governments have eroded the principles and finances of NHS dentistry.

Jonathan is a former president of the Wessex Region of the British Dental Association and is currently treasurer for the region. He is the chair of Dorset LDC and is also a member of the GDPC Committee. He has always attempted to pursue lifelong learning, and has several postgraduate qualifications including a master's degree in Clinical Dentistry from King's.

Paul qualified from Newcastle University in 2000 and completed VT in the city before moving back to his home on Teesside. Starting life as an associate in his practice in 2002 he has moved through the journey of associate, partner, sole owner until he joined forces with his wife Ruth becoming a partner in 2018.

This has allowed him the freedom to focus on the dentistry aspect of running a practice.

Outside of work, Paul spends most of his time with his two young girls, Ava and Penny and desperately tries to teach their young puppy how to behave. Any free time is spent either hiking, watching rugby or practicing Aikido.