About Dentherapy Ltd.
Meet the R&D company behind Toothboost, Dentherapy Ltd.

Meet the team
Carol Rafferty, MSc
CEO
Dental Hygienist with experience in dental education, general practice, and dental public health.
Katherine Thom
Director
Entrepreneur with experience in management, marketing, sales and the arts.
Dr Richard Willson
CSO
Director of Modus Laboratories ltd, a contract research company founded in 2009. Richard has more than 20 years’ experience in formulation development, many of which were spent at GlaxoSmithKline as a Formulator and Investigator.
Dr Stephen Rafferty BDS
Dental Advisor
Stephen has over 30 years’ experience in General Dental Practice and Foundation Dental Education.
Carol Rafferty, MsC
CEO
Dental Hygienist with experience in dental education, general practice, and dental public health.
Katherine Thom
Director
Entrepreneur with experience in management, marketing, sales and the arts.
Dr Richard Wilson
CSO
Director of Modus Laboratories ltd, a contract research company founded in 2009. Richard has more than 20 years’ experience in formulation development, many of which were spent at GlaxoSmithKline as a Formulator and Investigator.
Dr Stephen Rafferty BDS
Dental Advisor
Stephen has over 30 years’ experience in General Dental Practice and Foundation Dental Education.
Dr Graham Bell
Strategic Advisor
Experienced biotechnology executive with 30+ years in the sector. Currently CEO at Edinburgh Biosciences a medical device company and founder shareholder in several start-up companies.
Dr Alexis Roberts-McIntosh
Strategic Advisor
Alexis has over 20 years Senior Global Leadership experience in Heading R&D & Category & Brand Commercial Strategy in Oral Care and Whole Body Health.
Formerly Senior VP & Category head for JNJ , GSK , Unilever & Pfizer.
Karim Mahmoud, MSc CAPM
COO
With extensive experience in leading high-performance R&D and innovation projects and initiatives, he brings a diverse background from academia, start-ups, and charity work and now supports Dentherapy’s commercialisation ambitions as Chief Operations Officer, having previously been Operations Manager at an award-winning Biotech.
Prof Richard Lynch
Strategic Advisor
Richard has 35 years’ experience in industrial research, mainly in dental caries and erosion during laboratory studies and clinical trials, and how changes in consumer behaviour can influence their effectiveness. Over the last 15 years he has held honorary chairs at leading UK universities. He is also an independent consultant.