Mia Healthcare · The team

The people building Mia.

A South African family business, founded by a doctor and a dentist, operated by working clinicians, partner experts and a SA-rooted executive team. The clinical teams that deliver Mia’s aligners, mobile clinics and practice services every day. And the people who got us here.

2 founders A doctor and a dentist who built Mia together.
3 area experts Ortho devices · orthodontics · practice acquisitions.
20+ team members Clinicians, operators, brand & growth.
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01 Founders

A doctor and a dentist. Co-founders.

Mia was founded by two clinicians, one a doctor, one a dentist, who wanted the dental-healthcare partner they couldn’t find themselves. Built together. Owned together. SA family business.

Kari
Co-founder · Chief Dental Officer

The dentist. Sets the clinical standard across the Mia clinical group.

Dr Zane Stenning
Co-founder · CEO

The doctor. Drives strategy, partnerships and the global DEO relationship.

02 Area experts

The clinical and operational depth Mia leans on.

Three named experts whose deep specialisation underpins specific verticals across the Mia ecosystem, from orthodontic devices, to clinical orthodontics, to practice acquisitions.

Adam Botha
Ortho devices · External partner

Adam Botha

Ortho technician. Owner & operator of Adam Labs: Mia’s exclusive specialised orthodontic device partner.

External partner · Adam Labs
Dr Ismail Amra
Clinical · Orthodontics

Dr Ismail Amra

Orthodontist. Clinical area expert across complex orthodontic case-planning.

Dr Ian Erasmus
Practice acquisition & services

Dr Ian Erasmus

Former president of SADA. Built and ran a multi-practice dental group before joining Mia. Expert on medical billing, scheme management and multi-location operations, the face you meet on Practice Services calls.

03 Executive team

The operators who run Mia.

The five-person exec running the day-to-day across strategy, clinical, operations, lab partnership and brand.

Dr Zane Stenning
CEO

Dr Zane Stenning

Strategy, partnerships, DEO relationship.

Kari
Chief Dental Officer

Kari

The clinical standard across the group.

Dylan Gons
Operator & investor · Go-to guy

Dylan Gons, LLB

Deal structuring, operations, partner relationships.

Tyler
Lab partnership

Tyler

Owns the Adam Labs partnership & ortho-device pipeline.

Marius van Straaten
Chief Marketing Officer

Marius van Straaten

Brand and growth across the group.

04 Marketing team

Content, narrative and the digital surface.

The two-person team turning Mia’s strategy into the story clients see, across web, content and post-production.

Jodie
Content Manager

Jodie

The story across the five verticals.

Somtoo Mekowulu
Post-production & Digital Resource Manager

Somtoo Mekowulu

Builds the digital surface. Owns the website stack & staging.

05 Aligner clinical team

The team behind Mia Aligners.

The on-the-chair team delivering Mia’s aligner programme, from case planning to clinical hand-off.

Adam Botha
Ortho devices · External partner

Adam Botha

Mia's exclusive specialised orthodontic device partner.

Angelique
Aligner clinical team

Angelique

Mia Aligners clinical team member.

Marietjie
Aligner clinical team

Marietjie

Mia Aligners clinical team member.

James Stenning
Aligner clinical team

James Stenning

Mia Aligners clinical team member.

Bernice
Aligner clinical team

Bernice

Mia Aligners clinical team member.

Andrea
Aligner clinical team

Andrea

Mia Aligners clinical team member.

06 Mobile-clinic clinical team

The clinicians on the mobile units.

The clinical team deploying Mia at Work across corporate campuses, schools, supplier sites and Smiles for SA programmes nationwide.

Johan
Mobile clinical team

Johan

Mia at Work mobile clinical team member.

Rushda
Mobile clinical team

Rushda

Mia at Work mobile clinical team member.

Sethu
Mobile clinical team

Sethu

Mia at Work mobile clinical team member.

Jessica
Mobile clinical team

Jessica Zitumane

Area Manager

Farieda
Mobile clinical team

Farieda Sandan

Oral Hygienist

07 Practice services team

The team behind Mia Practice Services.

SA-side operators Dylan and Ian, supported by the global frameworks of the Dental Entrepreneur Organisation (DEO), the only African partner accepted into the network.

Dylan Gons
Operator & investor

Dylan Gons, LLB

Deal structuring & investor / partner relationships.

Dr Ian Erasmus
Practice acquisition & services

Dr Ian Erasmus

Former president of SADA. Built and ran a multi-practice dental group before joining Mia. Expert on medical billing, scheme management and multi-location operations, the face you meet on Practice Services calls.

Global frameworks · Partnership

Powered by the DEO

Dental Entrepreneur Organisation. Mia is the only African partner accepted.

08 Builders & alumni

The people who helped get us here.

Advisors, contributors and team members who shaped Mia in earlier seasons, some still around in advisory capacities, some who have moved on to their own next chapters. Each of them mattered to the build. Thank you.

Phumudzo
Builder & alumni

Phumudzo

Helped get us here.

Andrew
Builder & alumni

Andrew Whiley

Helped get us here.

Petra
Builder & alumni

Petra van der Merwe

Helped get us here.

Gretha
Builder & alumni

Gretha

Helped get us here.

Mia Trust Statement

South African owned. Family-run. Founded by a doctor and a dentist, operated by working clinicians, partner experts and a SA-rooted executive team every day.

Backed at group level by Vumela, Anza, Bidvest, FNB, Sedfa & Savant. Powered by the DEO, the only African partner accepted.

Talk to the team

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We don’t hide behind a contact form. Drop your details and a Mia leader (Zane, Kari, Dylan, Tyler or Marius) will arrange a 30-minute call. No automated follow-up sequence. No salesy chaser. One call, your terms.

  • 30-minute peer call with a member of the Mia exec team
  • SA-owned, family-run business, founded by a doctor + dentist
  • Backed at group level by Vumela, Anza, Bidvest, FNB, Sedfa & Savant
  • Powered by the DEO, the only African partner accepted
  • POPIA-compliant. No automated follow-up sequences.
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Questions we hear

Straight answers before you reach out.

Mia is led by Dr Zane Stenning (Founder & CEO), Dr Soni (Clinical & Growth), Dr Ian Erasmus (Practice Operations), and Dylan Gons (Operator & Investor). The leadership team still sees patients.

Yes. Mia is a family-run, South African healthcare business built by working dentists for South African patients and partners.

Yes. Mia is clinician-led, founders and senior clinical leads still see patients while building the business.

Mia was co-founded by a doctor and a dentist, a South African family business built together, owned together and rooted in working clinical practice.

Yes. Book a 30-minute call via the form on this page. One call, your terms, no automated follow-up sequence.

Orthodontic device specialists, orthodontists, practice-acquisition experts, clinicians, operators, and brand and growth professionals, all South African and patient-facing at the core.

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