Stephen Booth Managing Director Straumann UK
Stephen Booth joined Straumann UK on 6th October 1997 as an Area Business Manager. Stephen has been involved with the Dental Industry all his working life and has a background in Dental Technology. Stephen was promoted to Head of UK Sales in July 2003.
Stephen joined Straumann Canada in May 2008 as Director of Sales before accepting a promotion to Managing Director of Straumann UK as of June 2009.
Stephen enjoys spending time with his young family and enjoys a variety of sports especially snowboarding.
Vanessa Elwell, Head of Marketing
Vanessa Elwell has been involved in the Dental Industry all her working career, starting as a qualified Dental Nurse then moving into sales with Gillette Ltd.
In 1997 Vanessa joined Straumann as the Southern UK territory Manager and then in 2003, after passing her CIM qualifications, Vanessa took up the post as Marketing Manager. Vanessa now heads up a very busy marketing department utilising her creativity and wealth of knowledge of the Industry.
Frank Bringold, Head of Finance
Frank Bringold joined the company as Head of Finance and Administration of Straumann UK on 1.7.2008, moving from head office in Switzerland where he was controller and regional finance manager for the central European market over the last six years. Prior to this he was head of finance and controlling in a energy contracting company.
The majority of his career, 10 years was spent at Swisscom a big telecommunication company where he did a commercial apprenticeship for three years. Within this company Frank held several positions, from Head of Customer services to Controller for strategic accounts.
Frank Bringold has a degree in commercial management and a professional Bachelor of business administration.
Lizette Riley, Head of Education
Lizette Riley joined the company as the Northern Territory Manager for Straumann UK in April 2000 coming from a Dental Nursing background. Before joining Straumann she worked for Gillette LTD as a Southern business manager. The bulk of her career was spent in sales, from 1997 to 2007.
In 2007 Lizette became the Internal trainer for Straumann UK and achieved her Group training Certificate qualification.
In January 2008 Lizette took over as Manger of the education department for Straumann UK & then a further promotion in 2009 as Head of Education and the ITI Section Administrator.
