Shareena Ilyas
President

Shareena Ilyas is the President of Sterling Dental Group, and works in general practice. She is currently a DF1 trainer in the Wessex Deanery and a General Practice Clinical Appraiser.

She represents her peers on Ealing LDC, the London Federation Council and at the National LDC conference. At the LDC Conference 2014, she was elected as a Representative on the National Conference Agenda Committee. She has been involved with the BDA at local and national levels, in roles such as a representative on GDPC's Associates Group, Representative Body member for Middlesex/Hertfordshire, and non-executive director of the BDA, she also served on Branch Council Executive as Assistant Secretary.

She enjoyed chairing two sections in the Middlesex/Herts Branch, including its Young Dentist Group, providing a varied CPD programme and keeping members aware of political issues and other challenges affecting dentists. As interim Director of Education of Sterling Dental College, she was instrumental in setting up the College in 2014.

She has always strived to make a change and is passionate about dentistry. Armed with a diverse skills set and knowledge outside of clinical dentistry, she is involved with the Foundation in the hope to make a difference in the UK and abroad, and to improve oral health on the way.

She is excited to support Bobby's walk with the India Association that was completed in April 2015 and the collaboration with the World Cancer Care organisation in India.