Northern Ireland Branch - Presidential Installation Dinner 2025

Derek has worked in general dental practice since graduating from Queens University, Belfast, in 1990. He owned a mainly NHS practice for over 20 years. He has been a career long BDA member and has served on Branch council for several years. He is President of the Northern Ireland Branch in 2025 and is a BDA Benevolent Fund Trustee. Derek has also represented the profession on various committees including Northern LDC, DPC and GDPC. He is also Levy Fund Treasurer having overseen the recent changes in its collection method.

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Limited parking is available on the main campus after 17:00 and during weekends.

Guests can access the Lanyon building car park via University Square by driving along the front of the Lanyon Building to the car park on the right hand side of the building. An additional carpark is located at the McClay library behind the main Lanyon Building.

Please note parking is at the guests own risk.

If you feel at all unwell, we encourage you to take a lateral flow test the evening before you are due to arrive - should your test result be positive, we ask you not to attend.

If your test is negative, but you do have symptoms of COVID-19 (a new, persistent cough; a high temperature; or loss/changes to your sense of taste or smell) we kindly request you consider not attending the event to mitigate any risk to other attendees.