Board of Directors and Senior Management

M C MACE, MB, BS, FDS, MRCS, Chairman

Member of the Board since 1982. Vice Chairman 1982 - 1998. Chairman 1998 - date. Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery (part time) Stoke Mandeville Hospital 1978 - 2003. Private Oral and Maxillofacial practice London and Buckinghamshire. Member and past president of the council, Craniofacial Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Past examiner for the Fellowship of The Royal College of Surgeons.

Honorary member and former trustee and director, The Healing Foundation.

J P SCOTT, BDS, MPhil, MFGDP(UK), Vice-Chairman

Member of the Board since 1987. Vice-Chairman 1998 - date. General Dental Practitioner for 27 years. Regional Advisor in General Dental Practice 1987 - 1995, Research Fellow Institute of General Practice Exeter University, Founding Board member Faculty of General Dental Practice of The Royal College of Surgeons (Eng.), Founding Editor "Primary Dental Care", appointed to Dental Practice Board as Dental Reference Officer in 1996, appointed as full time Clinical Probity Officer in 2000.

K W ALEXANDER, BDS, MGDSRCS Eng.

Member of the Board since 1993. In general dental practice 1968-2005. Advisor on general dental practice to Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency 1987-2005. Examiner MGDSRCS(Irl) 1991 - 1999. Core examiner for the membership of Faculty of General Dental Practice of The Royal College of Surgeons (UK), 1992 - 1998. Board member Faculty of General Dental Practice of The Royal College of Surgeons, 1995 - 1997. Admitted to specialist list in Orthodontics 2002. Orthodontics only practice from 2005.

K F WOOLASS, BDS, FDS, DOrth

Member of the Board since 1984. Specialist Orthodontic Practitioner South Yorkshire and postgraduate dental tutor for Doncaster, Barnsley and Rotherham. Past Treasurer and Chair of Rotherham Local Dental Committee. Past member of South Yorkshire Council British Dental Association and Rotherham Oral Health Advisory Group. Past Secretary, South Yorkshire British Society for Paediatric Dentistry and Local Orthodontic Committee South Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority.

C E C LEWIS, BDS, DGDP, LDS

Member of the Board since 1994. General Dental Practitioner in Cardiff for 40 years. Part-time clinical tutor in conservation department of Cardiff Dental School for 30 years. Dental advisor to South Glamorgan Health Authority 1989 - 1994. Honorary dental surgeon to Welsh Rugby Union since 1989. Examiner and past vice-chairman of Dental Nurse Exam Board. Former Chairman of Mid-Glamorgan Local Dental Committee and District Dental Committee. Member of Denplan Professional Review Committee since 1998. Current member of Bro-Taf Local Dental Committee.

R K RAJA RAYAN, OBE, MSc, BDS, MGDS, DRD, LDS, MRD, FDS, FFGDP, MREC, RPf, CertP

Member of the Board since 1989. Former Dean Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (UK) of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Also served as Chairman of Finance, Chairman of Examinations and as Vice Dean. Past examiner for the Diploma, Membership and Fellowship examinations of the College. Associate Dean, London Deanery. Elected Council member of the General Dental Council.

T R KING, BDS, FPC

Appointed to the Board in 1998. A dental surgeon with the Royal Navy for 15 years and later ran a successful locum service in Peterborough. Subsequently joined the insurance profession and worked for 20 years as an independent financial advisor. He is currently a Dental Consultant to Lloyd & Whyte Limited.

G E KIDNER, BDS, MSc, LDS, FDS(Orth), MOrthRCS

Appointed to the Board in 2004. Consultant Orthodontist at Buckinghamshire and Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS trusts since 2000 also part time Private Practice. Currently Chairman of the Division of Surgery and a lead orthodontist for the regional cleft lip and palate service. Formerly a Postgraduate dental tutor.

D S KOONER, JP, BDS, LDSRCS, MGDSRCS, DGDP(UK), Dip MDE(Lond)

Appointed to the Board in 2004. General Dental Practitioner since 1981. Regional Advisor in General Dental Practice and Vocational Training Advisor (Barnet Scheme), London Deanery. Professional member of the Family Health Service Appeals Authority and General Commissioner of Income Taxes. Fellow of the Pierre Fauchard Academy. Justice of Peace since 1990. Examiner Royal College of Surgeons of England for the membership of the Faculty of General Dental Practice of The Royal College of Surgeons (UK) examination. Examiner National Examination Board for Dental Nurses. Professional member of the Fitness to Practice panel of the General Dental Council. Member of Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow Local Dental Committee and Hounslow Primary Care Trust.

H M HARRISON, BDS, MFGDP

Appointed to the Board in 2004. Principal of a multidisciplinary general and specialist dental practice in Cambridge. Member Representative Body British Dental Association and Chairman Eastern Counties Branch. Elected member Cambridgeshire Local Dental Committee 1991 - 2007 and member of Cambridge Postgraduate Education Committee. Clinical Advisor to Solutions4Snoring.

Previous appointments as Dental Nursing tutor and examiner, and membership of Ethics, Practice Management and Healthcare Policy committees of the British Dental Association.

F M MIRZA, ACA, Chief Executive

Joined the Society in 1999. Appointed Secretary in 2006. Chartered Accountant in practice 1991 -1995. Bayerische Landesbank 1995 - 1997 and PricewaterhouseCoopers 1997 – 1999.

S ELLIOTT, Secretary

Simon joined the Society in 2007 and is currently completing his actuarial qualifications. Previously he worked for Deloitte & Touche LLP for 10 years working for a number of UK and European Insurers (including Friendly Societies) on a variety of actuarial matters.