Voting is now open for seats on the College Council, and all eligible members are encouraged to cast their vote(s).
The Council is the voice of our members, overseeing our role as a professional body and guiding the development of the College to fulfil its mission. Six regional seats are being elected this year, with elected candidates due to serve from June 2025 – June 2028. A ballot of eligible members is required for three of these seats: National, Overseas and South Thames.
All Full Members, Associate Fellows and Fellows of the College are eligible to vote in the election to either the National or Overseas seats (depending on the address they have registered with the College), and those registered within the South Thames region (formerly South East and South West Thames) are eligible to vote both in that election and for the National seat.
College Council elections employ the Alternative Vote (AV) system, under which eligible members rank candidates in order of preference. A candidate receiving over 50 per cent of first preference votes is elected. Otherwise the candidate with the fewest first preference votes is eliminated and their second preference votes are reallocated to the remaining candidates until one candidate has more votes than the other remaining candidates put together.
All eligible members have been sent an email (on Wednesday 26 March 2025) by the College’s election services provider, Mi-Voice, to the email address which the member has registered with the College. This email confirms the election(s) for which the member is eligible to vote, and contains a unique link through which they can complete and submit their vote(s) online. The deadline to cast votes is Friday 2 May 2025.
Please ensure that your membership of CGDent is up to date before you vote, otherwise your vote might not count. The CGDent member register displays a list of all current members. Alternatively, you can contact us at [email protected] to confirm your membership status. If you do need to renew your membership, you can do this easily online here
New members joining during the voting period will also be eligible to vote, but should note that it will take around a week for their unique voting details to be issued to them, and late votes will not be counted.
The candidates are listed below; their election statements can be read via the email(s) from Mi Voice.
National seat
- Dr Irfan Ahmad FCGDent
- Dr Rana Al-Falaki FCGDent
- Dr Charlotte Jeavons FCGDent
- Dr Pejman Khaki FCGDent
- Dr Ioana Ruxandra FCGDent
- Dr Shruti Santosh Assoc.FCGDent
Overseas seat
- Prof Kelvin Afrashtehfar FCGDent
- Prof Alexander Holden FCGDent
- Prof Sreenivas Koka FCGDent
- Dr Eldo Koshy FCGDent
South Thames
- Dr Irfan Ahmad FCGDent
- Dr Esmail Harunani FCGDent
- Dr Pejman Khaki FCGDent
Following the election, the results will be announced in late May or early June.
If you are an eligible member but cannot find the email from Mi-Voice inviting you to vote in your inbox, please check your junk or spam folder, and if necessary double-check the email account you have registered with the College by logging in at https://cgdent.uk/my-account
If you experience any technical difficulties submitting your vote(s), please contact Mi-Voice at [email protected] or on 02380 763987.
REMINDERS: VOTES SHOULD BE CAST THROUGH THE UNIQUE LINK SENT TO ELIGIBLE MEMBERS BY MI-VOICE BY EMAIL; VOTING CLOSES ON FRIDAY 2 MAY 2025
