Meet Our Team

Andrew enjoys being part of the diverse and talented team at St Albans Dental Centre. He graduated from Otago in 2009, then worked for one year at Christchurch Hospital under the Maxillofacial team loving the surgical exposure.

Andrew then moved to Australia for four years and worked privately in a mix of hospital and general dentistry taking in the wider experience it offered. With the city well on its way to being fixed, he moved back in 2015. Andrew says it’s great to be back and part of a new vibrant city. With the mountains in winter and the ocean in summer he couldn’t think of a better place to be.

Andrew has a strong interest in restorative dentistry, supplemented by sedation when needed. Preventive dentistry is fundamental in our practice, and he feels with the team we have, we strive in providing long term oral health.

Andrew thinks dentistry will be different for every person. He enjoys working with people to make a personalised treatment plan that makes you smile.

Catherine graduated from the University of Otago with Distinction in 2012. She began her career at Christchurch Hospital as a House Surgeon, gaining skills in trauma management, oral surgery and treating complex patients. Catherine then moved to private practice in sunny Nelson before family led her back home to Canterbury in 2015. Catherine is a member of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons after completing her GDP examinations in 2018.

Catherine joined St Albans Dental in 2022 for a short-term locum position and loved the practice and team so much, she joined permanently soon after. Catherine enjoys building relationships with patients and helping to make dentistry a positive experience as much as possible. She enjoys the challenges of root canal work among all other aspects of general dentistry, and is able to communicate with members of our Deaf community by New Zealand Sign Language. Catherine loves running, baking and spending time with her husband and young son.

Sarah graduated in 2010 from the University of Otago with Credit. After a year working in private practice in her home town of Oamaru, she made the move across the ditch to the Gold Coast, where she worked for a large group practice. Sarah got married in 2015 and took time off to travel around Europe before moving back to settle down in New Zealand.

Sarah is passionate about providing excellent quality dental care in a friendly, gentle and honest manner. She enjoys all aspects of general dentistry with a special interest in cosmetic dentistry and endodontics. She feels very fortunate to work with such a great team and to have the pleasure of treating so many lovely patients here at Lumino St Albans.

Sarah lives in Lincoln with her husband, young son and British Shorthair cat. In her spare time she enjoys live music, walking and learning to play the guitar.

Kristine began her working life as a Registered Nurse in the operating theatre before making the change to a career in Dentistry. She graduated Dentistry in 2011 at Griffith University Queensland as Dux of her class.

Kristine has a passion for Dentistry and loves going to work. She has special interests in wisdom teeth removal, implants, extractions and reducing a patient's anxiety through intravenous sedation. Kristine’s experience as a nurse has given her a unique perspective into providing a caring and gentle quality to patient care.

Kristine works three days at St Albans Dental Centre and is also a mum to three young girls.

In Kristine’s spare time, she and her husband enjoy the outdoors with their family. Other interests include cooking, yoga and learning German.

Narelle graduated from the University of Otago in 2012 with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery. For the past 5 years, Narelle has been working in New Plymouth. She worked for 2 of those years part time at Taranaki Base Hospital as a Dental House Surgeon where she assisted the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon.

As a dentist, Narelle loves getting to know the patients and create a relaxing and friendly environment. She likes to plan practical treatment for each patient’s individual dental needs and financial capabilities, combined with my own knowledge and strength.

She believes in minimal intervention dentistry and striving as close to perfection in both function and aesthetics. Narelle sees dentistry as a brilliant combination of surgery, engineering and art with prosthodontics and oral surgery as being her forte.

In her spare time, she loves surfing, skiing and playing touch rugby. Also relaxing with her family.

To sum Narelle up, she is obsessed with living days to the full. Enjoying everyone and everything to the best of her ability.

Penny graduated from Otago University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery awarded with credit. She worked as a Dental House Surgeon at Wellington Hospital, before moving to Melbourne in 2006 where she worked in private practice for 14 years. Returning home to Christchurch, with her husband and three children, she was excited to join the team in 2021.

Penny is confident in all aspects of general dentistry and revels in the variety that general practice brings. She believes in treating her patients with a high level of dental care and respect, which she herself would provide to her own family and friends, in a pain-free and friendly environment. She enjoys not only creating beautiful smiles, but enlightening her patients, on how best to maintain them. Penny has a caring and compassionate nature and enjoys helping anxious patients become at ease in the dental setting.

Beyond dentistry, Penny loves adventures in the outdoors, experimenting in the kitchen, playing tennis, and mountain biking.

Monica started off her career in dentistry working as a dental assistant in the United Kingdom. She then trained in Oral Health Science at the University of Essex, UK and graduated as a Dental hygienist in 2011.

Since then, Monica enjoyed working  privately in a mix of specialist and general practices around London where she acquired most of her professional and people skills.

In 2019, she and her family moved to New Zealand and, after spending some time in Wellington, she joined our team here at Lumino St Albans.

Her aim is to provide the highest quality of dental care in a gentle and professional manner, improving patients' confidence and their overall wellbeing.

Monica is on a journey of improving herself not only professionally but personally as well, so that she can serve her patients in a more holistic way.

In her time off she likes connecting with people, exercising outdoors and learning new skills.