The Association of Dental Groups (ADG) in partnership with Agilio reveal the six mentor and mentee matches for the ADG Micro-Groups Business Mentoring programme, which was launched in December 2025. Today in the House of Commons, Neil Carmichael, the ADG’s Executive Chair announced the panel’s pairings decisions that will see six small dental groups benefit from a year of informal business mentoring from larger successful dental groups.
2026 is the inaugural year of the ADG’s new mentoring scheme which aims to support micro-groups who are keen to grow, with by giving them access to informal business advice.
As the trade body for the UK’s ‘mixed economy’, covering NHS, Private and Community-based dentistry, the Association is keen to support the next generation of dental practice groups – since nurturing these smaller groups will help ensure the dental industry is on the right path to thrive.
The partnership is giving six Micro-Groups a 12-month mentoring programme, with access to a leader within each larger group as a mentor. Each mentor will give the mentee an initial face-to-face meeting, with a planned number of follow-up virtual sessions scheduled.
Here are the 2026 mentor & mentee matches:
Anushika Brogan, ADG Board & CEO & Founder, Damira Dental Studios
Matched with: Rebecca Ding, Wooding Dental Group
Ian Gordon, ADG Special Advisor, Director, Riverdale Healthcare
Matched with: Michael Ojetunde, Arkh-View Dental Group
Jimmey Palahey, ADG Board & Co-Founder & CEO, Treeline Dental Group
Matched with: Dalip Kumar, Cwmbwrla Dental Practice
Mark Allan, ADG Board & General Manager, Bupa Dental Care
Matched with: Shivani Bhandari & Gauri Pradham, SGA Dental Group
Pip Dhariwal, ADG Ambassador for International Affairs & CEO, Smile Dental Care
Matched with: Divesh Singh, High Street Smiles
Shalin Mehra, ADG Board & Founder, & Chairman, Rodericks Dental Partners
Matched with: Bharat Goel, Goel Dental
The ADG launched their informal mentoring programme with the support of Agilio, a leading UK provider of software solutions for the healthcare sector, including dental. A panel consisting of the ADG Team and the ADG mentors agreed the six micro-group mentees to make mutually agreeable matches.
Neil Carmichael, Executive Chair, Association of Dental Groups, said: “The purpose of this informal mentoring programme is to support the future of dentistry. Giving Micro-Groups access to business advice from one of our fantastic mentors – our ‘Titans’ of the business of dentistry – has been warmly received by existing and new members. We are grateful to Agilio for their valuable support, and we look forward to hearing progress updates from our mentors and mentees over the next 12 months.”
Andy Sloan, Managing Director, Dental Agilio Software, said: “These are strong mentor and mentee matches. Agilio is delighted to see talented Micro-Groups taking up this opportunity to learn through this informal business mentoring programme from successful larger dental groups. It will be fascinating to see how they get on and watch the smaller groups thrive.”
