Council Members
Brigadier (Retd) Tony Harking OBE (Chair)
Tony was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1976 and after a full career in the Armed Forces he retired in 2011 with his last role leading a £14Bn PFI project to deliver technical training to the RN, Army and RAF. He was appointed as the Head of Programmes with Babcock International Land Division in 2011 until 2016 when he was selected as the Under-Treasurer (Chief Executive) of the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, one of the Inns of Court. In this appointment, he was closely involved in regulatory and general policy issues as they affected the barristers’ profession. He retired from Gray’s in 2022 and was made an Honorary Bencher. He is a Trustee of The Queen’s Gurkha Engineers Association and a Trustee of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.
Bill Kingdon (Deputy Chair)
Bill is the Managing Director of the International Cotton Association, which sets the trading rules and resolves disputes related to the international trade in cotton. With members in about 40 countries, ICA has a role in collaborating for the benefit of the wider textile trade in natural fibres. Prior to this he served a full career in the Army, working in NATO and other international headquarters in several challenging environments. His final military role was as the Army principal for non-operational risk. Bill is a trustee of the Liverpool Merchants’ Guild and active member of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir.
Amber Bannon (SRP Licensor Representative)
Amber is an Honorary Fellow and Past President of SRP and is very experienced in the governance of the Society. She holds CRadP status and is currently the Secretary of SRP’s Governance Committee, and SRP’s Parliamentary Liaison Officer. She is an active member of the SRP Events Committee, Committee for the Liaison of IRPA and Partner Societies, and the Honours and Nominations Advisory Committee. Amber has over 24 years’ experience as an environmental regulator for radioactive substances activities at the Environment Agency, the last 6 of those being in a national role for the Advanced Nuclear technologies Team, and now works as the Policy and Regulation Engagement Lead for Sizewell C.
Commander Mark Chambers (Retd) RN (SRP Licensee Representative)
Mark is a Radiation Protection Adviser, Chartered Radiation Protection Professional and is currently a Radiation Protection Manager for Rolls Royce Submarines. Formally a Commander in the Royal Navy, he acted as their Head of Radiation Protection and appointed Radiation Protection Adviser. He has over 20 years’ experience in the leadership and management of operational health physics, occupational health, assurance, security, and emergency response. He is a keen innovator and project leader, having worked in strategic and senior leadership positions within the Naval Nuclear Propulsion and Strategic Weapons programmes. He fulfils several volunteer roles including Radiation Protection Adviser for the National Museum of the Royal Navy, fund manager for the Gibraltar Naval Trust and appointed assessor for Registration with the Radiation Protection Council (CRadP, IRadP etc). He has been an active member of several SRP committees.
Peter Marsden (SRP Licensee Representative)
Peter is an Honorary Fellow and Past President of SRP and has extensive experience in the governance of the Society. He holds CRadP status and currently sits on the Board of RPA 2000 and is an RPA, RWA and MPE assessor. He was Chair of the SRP Professional Accreditation Working Group, is a former Chair of the SRP Governance Committee, and represents SRP in collaborating with other professional bodies on developing oversight of Radiation Expert recognition.
Rob Storrie (SRP Licensee Representative)
Rob has nearly 40 years’ experience in Environment Health & Safety, radiological protection, nuclear assurance and decommissioning, working in multi-industry sectors. After deciding on early retirement in 2021 from GE Healthcare (Senior EHS Leader Pharmaceutical Diagnostics & Nuclear Liabilities Management), Rob focussed on allocating time to supporting SRP. Rob has in the past been an SRP Council member and member/secretary of various SRP committees (Awards & Sponsorship, Communications and the International Committee (the predecessor of the Committee for Liaison with IRPA & Partner Societies) and has also participated in SRP’s outreach events. Rob is an appointed assessor to assess applications from SRP members to the Professional Register and also holds CRadP status.
Members of the Radiation Protection Council can be contacted via admin@ukrpc.org.uk