Prav is back in the host's chair for a conversation that's quite literally close to home — Andy Sloan is his boss. Andy is the MD of Agilio, the dental software and compliance platform, and a man who has overseen well over a hundred practice acquisitions throughout his career. 

But before any of that, he was a council house kid from the Wirral, running paper rounds at 14, pulling pints at 18, and somehow landing — by his own admission — in dentistry entirely by accident. This episode traces that unlikely path through hospitality, banking, accountancy and private equity, unpicking the one constant that runs through all of it: relationships. 

Andy opens up about the dark periods too — fertility struggles, the pressure of simultaneous transactions, and the moments where burnout lurked closer than he'd care to admit. Honest, warm and genuinely self-aware, it's a cracking listen—or catch the video on whichever platform you usually get your weekly Dental Leaders dose.

In This Episode

00:00:20 - Introducing Andy Sloan - Prav's boss

00:02:15 - Early life

00:12:10 - Hospitality years

00:26:40 - Meeting Lynette; buying the pub

00:27:00 - Banking and sales

00:38:15 - Into dentistry — DBG

00:43:50 - Henry Schein Business Solutions and Europe

00:46:45 - Portman Dental

00:59:05 - Joining Julio; building the tribe

01:04:00 - Julio's growth — 17 acquisitions in under five years

01:07:35 - Relationships as the common thread

01:13:20 - Blackbox thinking

01:15:45 - Practice valuations — the levers that matter

01:27:25 - Dark moments

01:34:55 - Julio's future and the Dental OS vision

01:37:10 - Dentistry Reimagined

01:41:25 - Last days and legacy

About Andy Sloan

Andy Sloan is the Managing Director of Agilio, the dental software and compliance group that has completed 17 acquisitions in under five years. His career spans hospitality, banking, private equity and dental M&A — including a spell as Business Development Director at Portman Dental Care, where he oversaw the acquisition of more than 120 practices. He is also the founder of Dentistry Reimagined, an independent industry event focused on the conversations dentistry has been too cautious to have.