Meet the Board

The ADG Board provides strategic direction and leadership for the Association

Neil Carmichael

Executive Chair

Neil Carmichael is Executive Chair of the Association of Dental Groups (ADG) and Chief Executive Officer of UK China Education Cooperation (UCEC). He is an Honorary Professor, University College London, with a focus on education through the Institute of Education and the Global Business School for Healthcare.

Neil is also Honorary Professor for Education Policy, University of Nottingham (School of Education).

Neil is a Trustee of the Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation and currently leads the Trust’s Edward Heath University Lecture Series.

Neil was Member of Parliament for Stroud (2010-17), serving on the Education Select Committee and the Environment Audit Committee, and elected chair of the Education Select Committee in 2015. He set up the All-Parliamentary Party Group on School Leadership and Governance and took the Antarctic Act 2013 through Parliament. Neil was a member of the Royal Society’s Science Policy Expert Advisory Committee for six years from 2019.

He served as Chair of the Conservative Group for Europe, spent two years advising and supporting parliamentarians in Myanmar, served as a governor of several schools and colleges, and chaired the Pearson UK Commission on Sustainable Learning for Work, Life, and a Changing Economy.

In his spare time, Neil farms in Northumberland with a special focus on protecting and promoting the local milieu.

Paul Marshall

Group CEO, portmanDentex

Since our founding, we’ve been driven by a clear mission: not to be the biggest, but to be the best. Achieving this means partnering with outstanding practices and clinicians, combining our expertise, learning from one another, and growing together. Our ambition is to become the world’s leading provider of dental care.

Today, our journey is enriched not only by the exceptional teams in the UK and Ireland, but also by our colleagues in Norway and Belgium. This international collaboration accelerates our ability to deliver an outstanding experience for our patients and exceptional opportunities for our clinicians. We’re proud to support the remarkable clinicians and practice teams who care for well over a million patients each year. We’re excited to welcome the country’s leading practices – practices like yours – into our group. I hope you enjoy getting to know PortmanDentex and that you’ll join us on this mission.

Anushika Brogan

Director

Anushika Brogan is the CEO and founder of Damira Dental Studios. She qualified as a dentist from Kings College, London in 1999 and is still practicing at Damira Bury Knowle. Anushika bought her first practice in Oxford in 2003 and Damira Dental Studios was born.

Since then, Damira has grown to 33 dental practices and become a leading provider of high-quality dental care across the South of England. As a practising clinician, Anushika works closely with teams on the ground to ensure the ADG understands the perspective from practice level through to CEO level. She wants to make sure that decisions made by business leaders are positively welcomed by the clinical teams.

Shalin Mehra

Director

Shalin is Chairman and Founder of Rodericks Dental, which has over 220 dental practices in England and Wales all aiming to provide high quality NHS, Private, Hygiene and Specialist care to its patients. Shalin has over 25 years’ experience as a general dental practitioner with a specialist interest in Orthodontics.

Shalin is also Associate Postgraduate Dental Dean (Foundation Training) for Health Education England Thames Valley and Wessex.

Mark Allan

Director

Mark Allan is the General Manager for Bupa Dental Care He was previously General Manager for Business & Specialist Products in Bupa’s UK Insurance business with responsibility for the commercial leadership of the Business & Specialist Products, SME and Corporate channels for Private Medical and Dental Insurance.

Mark joined Bupa in late 2017 having previously been Managing Director for RSA Insurance’s Personal Insurance business as part of a 23 year career there performing a range of roles including Graduate trainee, Regional Director in their Estate Agency chain and Claims Operations Director.

Mark is married with three children, loves Peterborough United FC, and enjoys golf, music and eating out.

Jimmey Palahey

Director

Jimmey is the Founder and Clinical Director of the Treeline Dental Group, which currently operates from 10 sites in the Midlands. He qualified in 2004 from Leeds Dental Institute and has worked in general dental practice, both privately and within the NHS. He is currently a Dental Practice Advisor and has worked as a Programme Director for Health Education England, with over 15 years of experience in professional training and education.

As Chair of the Nottingham Local Dental Committee, Jimmey is accustomed to representing the profession in the political arena on both local and national platforms. He also works closely with the MOD as a member of the Armed Forces Covenant in Lincolnshire, further broadening his perspectives in dentistry. He has a particular passion for engaging with young dentists and bridging the gap between the needs of our professional colleagues and the patients they serve.

Tom Riall

Director

Tom Riall joined Integrated Dental Holdings (IDH) as Group Chief Executive in May 2017. Before that, Tom was Chief Executive of Priory Group, Europe’s largest provider of behavioural healthcare with over 7,000 inpatient beds across more than 300 facilities.

Tom’s career spans over 25 years in the business services industry, including senior leadership roles at Serco, latterly as the Divisional CEO of Serco’s Global Services Division, in Mumbai, and prior to Serco, Reliance Secure Task Management (Managing Director) and Onyx UK Ltd (Managing Director). Tom graduated from Durham University, has an MBA from the City University Business School in London and is an alumni of Harvard Business school.

Helen Paisley

Director

Helen is the CEO of Community Dental Services (CDS) Community Interest Company which focusses on special care, paediatric and prison dentistry across the East of England and Midlands. CDS also provide oral health improvement programmes and epidemiology surveys.

Growing from a single contract in Bedfordshire they now cover nine counties with sixty-five clinics and a turnover of £28million.

Helen qualified as a dentist in 1984 and has had a long career in community dental services, treating patients with complex needs under sedation and GA. She is passionate about ensuring people with additional needs receive the care they deserve. Along with in-depth clinical expertise, Helen brings to the Board an understanding of the oral health care needs of diverse populations. A current priority for Helen is engagement and relationship building with Integrated Care Boards around their oral health priorities championing primary dental care and community dental services.