Our Team

Ekera Board

 

Mr Gary Carroll
Chief Executive Officer

Gary Carroll is a seasoned senior executive with significant experience in stabilising, growing, and transforming companies with large-scale, distributed networks. He has held a number of senior roles in multi-site organisations where he has been responsible for optimising performance through operational and cultural transformations. Most recently, Gary was CEO of Pacific Smiles Group, a listed dental services organization with approximately 135 clinics across Australia. At Pacific Smiles, Gary was responsible for driving fee and profitability growth following a period of rapid expansion. Prior to Pacific Smiles, Gary spent 6 years as CEO of G8 Education, Australia’s largest listed provider of quality early childhood education and care with over 400 centres nationwide. In addition to these CEO roles, Gary spent ten years at ASX-listed Super Retail Group in a range of senior management roles, including Group CFO and Chief Supply Chain Officer. During this time, Super Retail Group more than trebled in size, driven by network growth and a number of critical development projects that transformed and grew the network.

Mr Jonathon Hasset
Non-Executive Director

Jonathon Hassett has over 30 years experience in the legal and investment banking industries.  Jonathon is currently the principal of Hassett & Co. Lawyers, a commercial firm in Sydney. Jonathon was a founding partner of this firm 20 years ago. Jonathon is an admitted Solicitor and Barrister in all Australian states (except Tasmania) and has appeared as Lead Counsel in all Superior Courts of Record.

Apart from appearing in court, his legal experience includes advising a large, diversified client base of major private and small public companies.  Jonathon has a long history of completing successful litigation as both Counsel and instructing solicitor, and completing complex commercial transactional documentation. Jonathon also has eight years experience in investment banking at Associate Director level including numerous, successful public company floats, capital raisings, mergers and acquisitions and structured finance arrangements.

Senior Management Team

 

Craig Archer - Chief Finance Officer

Christelle Mavrikios – General Manager Operations

Andrew George - Marketing Manager

Rhoda Maclean – Practice Development Liaison Manager

Clinical Advisory Committee

 

Dr. Bill O'Reilly

Clinical Associate Professor

Dr. Bill O'Reilly is a general dental practitioner and has been admitted as a Barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. In 2016 he was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia for his services in dentistry. 

Dr. Bill O'Reilly has extensive clinical experience as well as board experience in the corporate arena.

Dr. Timothy Stolz

Practice Principal

Dr. Timothy Stolz has been a dental practitioner in Geelong for over thirty years and is Geelong’s most experienced implant dentist.  Dr Stolz has had a keen interest in restorative and reconstructive dentistry since his early days of practice and held teaching positions in the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Melbourne and was, for several years, an Australian Dental Council examiner of overseas graduates seeking qualifications to practice in Australia.

Dr. Brandon Hoe

Practice Principal

Dr. Brandon Hoe is the principal and founder of Gentle Dentistry and Nobrace Centre in Adelaide. In the early years after graduation Brandon toyed with the idea of specialisation but preferred the variety of procedures available  in general practice. He went on then to obtain a Grad Dip in Finance and also an MBA. Putting his two loves into practice he went on to establish his chain of clinics which were the first in SA to have consistent branding , marketing and thus market leadership.

Dr. Jeremy Sternson

Practice Principal

Dr. Jeremy Sternson graduated from Melbourne University in 1995, before working in private and public clinics both rurally and in Melbourne for 5 years. In 2001, Dr Sternson bought into Melbourne Dental Group.

Dr Sternson is a firm believer in ongoing education, having completed his accreditation in levels 1-3 with the Australian Society of Implant Dentistry and his Fellowship with the Royal College of Dental Surgeons in 2004. From 2002 until 2007 Jeremy was a clinical demonstrator to dental undergraduates at Melbourne University.

Dr. Andrew Fisher

Practice Principal

Dr Andrew Fisher graduated from Melbourne University in 1988. He has over 30 years experience as a general dental practitioner in the Pakenham and Koo-Wee-Rup regions. For 21 of those years, he owned, managed and practised at Cardinia Dental.

His love of dentistry was driven by valuing patient-centred practice and building strong rapport with patients so he could best deliver health care. Andrew also prioritised mentorship to the other dentists in his clinic to ensure this same level of care was provided to all patients in all interactions at his practice.