Mr. Allan Heaps is a licensed real estate agent in British Columbia and the president of Al Heaps & Associates Inc. Al Heaps & Associates Inc. specializes exclusively in the sale of dental practices in Western Canada, and the preparation of dental practice evaluation reports for dental practices throughout North America.

Mr. Heaps has been involved in the dental profession for over twenty-five years. From 1980-1990, Mr. Heaps was the National Sales Manager, for the dental equipment division, of Dentsply Canada Ltd. Dentsply Canada Ltd. is one of the largest international dental companies with offices throughout the world. In the late 1980's, Mr. Heaps was also the Western Canada Sales Manager for Takara/ Belmont Dental Equipment. Takara Belmont manufactures dental equipment in Japan and has offices around the world.

Mr. Heaps became a licensed realtor in 1990 and using his dental experience, began specializing in dental practice evaluations and dental practice sales. Mr. Heaps has devoted his time exclusively to dental practice sales and evaluations since 1990. Mr. Heaps has completed over 400 dental practice evaluations and been involved in hundreds of dental practice sales in British Columbia.

      Ms. Ruth Chatel

Ruth Chatel has been an associate of Al Heaps & Associates Inc., for over ten years.  Specializing in dental practice evaluations and transition services, Al Heaps & Associates Inc., continues to be the number one transition experts in British Columbia.

Ruth attained her real estate license in 1997, working briefly in residential and commercial real estate.  Looking for a more challenging position, Ruth began her career with Al Heaps & Associates Inc.  Utilizing her real estate background, Ruth quickly learned the many facets of evaluating and determining the fair market value required in selling a dental practice.  Working closely with Al, Ruth became well versed in all aspects of this business and is very knowledgeable in the transition process.

Ruth's pleasant personality and strong work ethic contributes to her success with Al Heaps & Associates Inc.  Ruth is committed full time to dental practice evaluations and sales.

  Mr. Henry Doyle

Mr. Henry Doyle is an associate of Al Heaps & Associates Inc.  Al Heaps & Associates Inc. specializes exclusively in the sale of dental practices in British Columbia , and the preparation of dental practice evaluation reports for dental practices throughout North America . 

  Henry Doyle graduated from the University of Alberta with an Economics degree and a Batchelor of Education. Henry has worked in the finance industry for the past 15 years. He started at Commcorp, a division of CIBC, working in the same office with Al Heaps at Medident Professional Services in 1992.

 From 1992 to 2000 through mergers and acquisitions, combining Commcorp, AT&T, Medident, Healthgroup and Newcourt to form CIT, Henry achieved the position of branch manager at CIT managing British Columbia .  With a staff of 15, Henry executed an annual budget of $50 million in lease originations.

 In 2000 Henry joined Citibank Canada as an officer in the leasing division, CitiCapital. Here Henry was instrumental in developing new markets for Citi including their healthcare finance.  Henry was promoted to Assistant Vice President in 2002. Henry enjoyed a successful career building a finance portfolio to exceed $300 million in leases, loans and wholesale lines of credit.  With a focus on dentistry, Henry achieved the Circle of Excellence award trip four times.

 In March 2007, Henry joined Al Heaps and Associates Inc.  Together, Henry Doyle, Al Heaps and Ruth Chatel, make a full time commitment to specializing in dental practice sales and dental practice evaluations.

Client Comments

Over the last few years, I have purchased two dental practices and sold one.  I engaged the services of Al Heaps & Associates Inc. to assist with this process.  Al Heaps & Associates are in the business of dental practice evaluations, sales and transitions on a  full time basis.  Their knowledge was invaluable during my transitions. They provided expert advice and very professional service.   I highly recommend their specialized service to all dentists. 

Dr. Patrick Finnigan   Victoria , BC

From the beginning to the end , the team of Al, Ruth and Henry 
delivered. They  used the utmost of discretion when it came to 
advertising and the sale of my practice. Buyers were found quickly and 
the practice evaluation was reasonable to both parties. They aided in 
the transitioning of the dentists and were very helpful with even the 
smallest of details. Henry made himself available to my office team to 
help with their concerns during the transition time. It was a very 
emotional decision and stressful period of transition but manageable 
only because of their help. They made it happen and seem easy.
ED MACMURDO  DDS Maple Ridge BC

I decided to use the services of Al Heaps & Associates Inc. to evaluate my practice a couple of years ago, based on their experience and good reputation.  When I decided to re-evaluate and list my practice, your statement of the practice worth seemed right to me.  Your ability to bring qualified, interested purchasers to see my practice was very impressive.  I had several interested parties but took your advice and did not enter into a 'bidding war'.  As a result, the transition was very amicable with swift negotiation and closing.  I would highly recommend the services of Al Heaps & Associates Inc., either in selling or determining the value of your practice.  Dr. Bruce Ward, Coquitlam, BC

I recently engaged Al Heaps & Associates Inc. to sell my Victoria Periodontal practice. I was very pleased with the confidential, professional service they provided. They worked diligently to get fast, successful results. 

Dr. Michael Corrigan  B.Sc., D.D.S., Dip Perio, M.R.C.D (C)

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