Bio

Pam Swain is the Executive Editor of British Dental Nurses’ Journal. Contact via email. Biography: Pam Swain MBA LCGI FIAM MCMI Following a gap year studying German whilst working as an au pair in Vienna, and a brief spell at the Home Office Research Unit in the late 70s, Pam Swain brushed up her French in Brussels, working for CPC Europe and Hilton International’s European Area Office, before working at NATO headquarters in Brussels. In the late 80s, she moved to Bermuda to work in the Bank of Bermuda’s Investment Department, where she completed three quarters of her American Institute of Banking Diploma and several business management courses before moving on. Some 15 years after her first gap year, Pam took another – spending 12 months in Boston, Massachusetts studying at the Massage Institute of New England and becoming an AMTA-certified massage therapist. Pam returned to her home town of Fleetwood in 1991 and began working for BADN (then ABDSA) in 1992. As well as being BADN’s Chief Executive, Pam is Editor of the “British Dental Nurses’ Journal”, writes a monthly column for “The Probe” and regularly writes for other dental magazines. Pam was awarded the City & Guilds Licentiate (LCGI) in Management in 2005 and a Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) in 2007. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Association Management (FIAM) and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (MCMI). She celebrated 30 years working for the Association in 2022. Pam is also a Past President of SI Blackpool & District.