Northern Ireland Branch: Crafting happiness - Building your own path to a fulfilling career

Andrea is a practicing dentist, careers coach and Undergraduate and Career Development Lead for the BDA. She is dedicated to supporting student and newly qualified dentists as they navigate their career options and transition into the ever-evolving professional world. Andrea leads internal BDA strategic groups in developing and implementing initiatives that advance the professional development of BDA members not least the Future Leaders Programme, which equips dental students with the skills and knowledge necessary to become tomorrow’s leaders in the profession. During Andrea’s previous roles as a Dental Foundation Training Programme Director and Educational Supervisor she has mentored and supported dental professionals at the start of their careers, ensuring they reach their full potential. She has also hosted the BDA podcast series, Chairside: Conversations About Careers in Dentistry.

A retired Consultant Orthodontist and past chair NI Council, Roz is presently Chair, Probing Stress in Dentistry NI, Co-Chair, DISCREET NI, and a member of the MINDSET UK group researching wellbeing and mental health in the dental workforce. Roz is a Past President of the BDA and the Northern Ireland Branch. She is a past member of the collaboration supporting the online signposting resource Support for Dental Teams and the FDI Task Group developing a toolkit and podcasts to support dentists and their teams. Roz is also a past Co-Chair of Mental Wellness in Dentistry Working Group (UK). During her career, Roz was involved in Trust governance, audit and appraisal. She was Clinical Lead for Specialist Surgery. Roz was secretary to the Audit Committee of the BOS and chaired the Northern Ireland Hospital Training Committee NIMDTA for nine years. She is Patron of the BOS 2025.

Peter is Deputy Chair and the Northern Ireland representative of the BDA Principal Executive Committee. He spent his clinical career working in general practice, first as an associate for four years and then as a practice owner in Ballymena for thirty years. 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. 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. He also Chairs the committee which oversees the compilation and submission of the BDA’s written and oral evidence to the Doctors and Dentists Review Body (DDRB).