Christopher Tredwin, Professor and Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, Head of Penisula Dental School  
Chris was appointed Clinical Lecturer in Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics at UCL Eastman Dental Institute in October 2002, Programme Coordinator for the MSc in Conservative Dentistry in 2003 and Programme Director in 2007. He completed his Specialist Training in Restorative Dentistry in December 2007 at UCL Eastman Dental Hospital and completed his PhD in 2009. Chris was then promoted to Senior Lecturer in Prosthodontics / Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry. In 2010 he took up the position of a Chair at Plymouth University and appointed to the position of Professor of Restorative Dentistry and Director of Clinical Dentistry. Chris took over as Head of Plymouth University Peninsula Dental School in 2011.

​Wail Girgis, Specialist Prosthodontist     

Wail trained at King's College Hospital Dental School and went on to complete an MSc degree in Conservative Dentistry at the Eastman Dental Hospital. He is a Prosthodontist and Partner at Devonshire House (a specialist practice in Cambridge) where his team place over 800 implants a year. Wail provides general dental care for a broad patient base and is especially skilled in the replacement of missing teeth, the restoration of natural teeth and in complicated and simple restorations of the whole mouth. He is a lecturer and examiner in implant dentistry at the Eastman Dental Institute and a lecturer and member of the International Team for Implantology (ITI). Wail has recently introduced a comprehensive education programme offering dental professionals a range of short and long courses in many aspects of dentistry.

Jo Russell, Director, Oracle - Practice Business Solutions Ltd

Jo has worked in dentistry since 1986, including seven years in the Royal Naval Dental Service, two years as an Area Manager for a large corporate looking after 16 practices across London and the South, and as a tutor, assessor and internal verifier for dental nurses undertaking formal qualification. Latterly she has spent much of her time delivering dental practice management courses and business consultancy services for CQC compliance. Jo is an expert witness at the GDC and a former CQC bank inspector. She is a popular and enthusiastic speaker about all aspects of the business of dentistry and continuing professional development for the whole team.

Aubrey Craig, Head of Dental Division and Dental Adviser, MDDUS

Aubrey qualified at the University of Dundee in 1987 and has worked in hospital posts and as an associate and principal in general dental practice. He gained an FDS from the RCPS Glasgow in 1991, an MPhil in Medical Law from the University of Glasgow in 2001 and an MBA from the Caledonian University, Glasgow in 2009. Aubrey worked as a partner in an NHS vocational training practice in Glasgow from 1994 until 2009 and is a former clinical teacher in restorative dentistry at Glasgow Dental Hospital and School. He joined MDDUS in January 2006 and took on his role as Head of Dental Division in 2009.

With over a hundred years' experience of assisting members, MDDUS offer dentists access to occurrence-based professional indemnity as well as access to unlimited settlement of damages and uncapped legal costs. Aubrey and his team of experienced dento-legal advisers also provide assistance with patient complaints, claims of negligence and referrals to the GDC.

Heather Dallas, Managing Director, Dallas Development

Heather spent ten years as a senior training manager at Deloitte before starting Dallas Development in January 2000. As well as running various programmes for the BDA, Heather is also a motivational and inspiring public speaker and personal coach in personal impact and career development.  Her specialist areas are management skills, team working, personal impact, train the trainers, presentation skills, life balance and handling conflict.  She is a qualified MBTI Practitioner, Belbin Team Roles Consultant, Strengths Deployment Inventory Consultant and NLP Master Practitioner and Emotional Intelligence Practitioner.