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.

Brigadier (Retd) Tony Faith CBE (Deputy Chair)
After a full career in the Army, Tony was selected in 2008 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 including a comprehensive review of the Bar Tribunal Service.  He retired from Gray’s in 2016 and was made an Honorary Bencher.  He is now the Chairman of a Commonwealth Charity based in London – the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship – and a Trustee of a Royal British Legion Care Home in Ripon.

 

 

Amber Bannon (SRP Licensor Representative from May 2025)
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 from May 2025)
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