Quentin Skinner

Chairman

Quentin Skinner is chairman of DPAS, the company he founded in 1996 with the aim of offering dentists an alternative, cost-effective payment plan service which would allow them to keep their own identity.

Quentin, a leading player in the establishment of private dental plans in the UK, is passionately committed to helping dentists understand the dental industry’s turbulent political and economic climate with all the issues and challenges that lie ahead and the future management of practices.

Andrew Warren

Director

Andrew Warren probably has more hands on experience in converting dental practices to private plans than anyone else in the industry and he has played a leading role in the growth of the UK’s private dental plan sector.
He joined Quentin Skinner and DPAS in 1997. Since then he has been instrumental in helping to lead DPAS on its mission to support dental practices and provide dentists with their own independent, practice branded payment plan services.

A former dental technician who has been involved in private dentistry for over 40 years, Andrew has a deep understanding of the challenges that now face others in the profession in these unsettled times. He was part of the original team that set up dental plans over two decades ago.

Gary Anders

Director

Gary has a distinguished track record in the insurance industry, with 30 years’ experience in underwriting and product development for the global insurance giant ACE Group. During that time he was the architect of many pioneering initiatives, using innovative technology to deliver insurance solutions to multinational insurance brokers, large corporate clients and small-to-medium sized enterprises.

Since joining the company in November 2006, Gary has been instrumental in overhauling and fine tuning the DPAS business processes, practices and procedures to support the ever-increasing number of dentists now choosing DPAS dental plans.

Gary is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute (FCII).

Lindy Darmanin

Director

Lindy has been working in the private dental health sector for over 13 years, during which time she has acquired a wealth of experience in the design and development of dental plans.

Since becoming a Director at DPAS in early 2008 Lindy has been instrumental in driving the business forward, introducing corporate plans and ensuring continually improving levels of service for DPAS customers through numerous initiatives, including setting up a state of the art in-house print and mail facility to service the ever increasing client base.

Lindy’s drive and enthusiasm is crucial in ensuring that DPAS continue to offer the outstanding level of service which has come to be expected by the practices for whom they administer dental plans.

Stephen Noar

Non-executive Director

Stephen qualified as a dentist over 20 years before becoming one of the founding directors of Denplan in 1987.

Having developed the original concept of private capitation schemes and dental plans in the UK, Stephen is widely respected and brings an incomparable knowledge to DPAS.

Richard George

Non-executive Director

Richard George joined DPAS in 2006 as Finance and IT Director and was appointed Chief Executive in 2007, before becoming a Non-executive Director in 2010.

Richard qualified as a chartered accountant and corporate treasurer with Price Waterhouse and went on to specialise in finance and strategic IT.

Margaret Holmes

Fees and Insurance Manager

Margaret Holmes has worked for DPAS for more than 10 years, seeing the company grow from a fledgling business to the dynamic operation it is today. Having held a number of positions over that time, Margaret is now a key member of the management team with a wealth of experience to deploy across the business. Margaret is currently Fees & Insurance Manager with responsibility for FSA compliance.

The Fee Review Team assists practices to carry out an annual fee review and is also responsible for the all important process of communicating changes in Dental Plan fees to individual patients on behalf of the practice .

Vikki Allam

H.R. Manager

Vikki joined DPAS in August 2005 with a Financial Services background. She was promoted to HR Manager in June 2006 at a time when DPAS was undergoing a huge growth surge and the need for an increasing number of staff was obvious.

One of the many challenges since then has been the ongoing recruitment of high quality staff for all key business functions, such as Customer Services, IT, Finance, Insurance, Sales, Marketing and Fulfilment. Vikki’s aim is to create a working environment at Place Farm that is highly professional and productive yet stimulating, enjoyable and rewarding for staff .

Jo Mooney

Customer Service Manager

Jo began her career with DPAS in November 2003 having spent many years in retail management. Dealing with members of the public “face to face” allowed Jo to hone her customer service and relationship management skills.

Jo became head of department in 2006 and two years later was further promoted to her current position as DPAS Customer Services Manager. Throughout a period of substantial growth since Spring 2006, Jo has been the key driver of a number of initiatives designed to deliver an industry leading standard in customer service from DPAS.

Simon Olney

Fulfilment Manager

Having gained over 20 years of experience on both sides of the Atlantic, first working in print-shops, before owning an award winning graphic design company in California, Simon joined DPAS in 2007 as Creative Principal, relishing the opportunity to help take an expanding company forward in a growing marketplace.

In 2009 Simon was promoted to the role of Fulfilment Manager, taking charge of a large team encompassing the conversion of new business, all creative design and production within the company’s comprehensive print shop. Simon’s wealth of experience is invaluable to DPAS and he is fully committed to consistently improving these services for the benefit of DPAS’ growing client base.