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The Association has 169 voluntary members. Among their number are serving and retired officers from the Reserve Forces and the Cadet Forces, representatives from local authorities and some of the region’s employers.

Some members sit as officials on the Board that oversees the Association’s activities and finances. The Annual Report and Accounts summarising the previous 12 months are presented to the Board and wider membership at each Annual General Meeting, which is led by the Association President.

The Association has a number of committees including one for each of the six counties in the East Anglia region. Every county committee’s Chairperson is also a Board member. 

A small secretariat of RFCA Crown servants supports the Board by managing the Association’s day-to-day operations and strategic direction.

East Anglia Reserve Forces and Cadets Association President

Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk Lady Dannatt MBE wearing a suit jacket and ribbon denoting her office

HM Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk, Association President


East Anglia Reserve Forces and Cadets Association Board Members

Tim Seal TD DL VR

Association Chair, Executive Board Member

Anthony Fairbanks Weston

Suffolk RFCA Chair, Executive Board Member

Christopher Walkinshaw 2023

Regional Employer Engagement Group Chair, NEAB Representative, Executive Board Member

Captain Ant Chapman RD DL VR RNR

Association Vice-Chair (Naval), Executive Board Member

Col Tim Allen OBE

Norfolk RFCA Chair, Executive Board Member

Simon Messervy TD BSc MRICS

Cambridgeshire RFCA Chair, Executive Board Member

Group Captain G W Bunkell CBE QVRM AE RAuxAF (Ret’d)

Association Vice-Chair (Air), Executive Board Member

portrait photo of Mark van der Lande at AGM 2023

Association Vice-Chair (Military), Finance Scrutiny Committee Chair, Executive Board Member

Colonel Andrew Every MRICS MCGI VR

Estates Advisory Committee Chair, Executive Board Member

Lieutenant Colonel (Rtd) Craig S Tallents TD

Hertfordshire RFCA Chair, Executive Board Member

Colonel Iain MacDonald

Joint Cadet Committee Chair, Executive Board Member

Colonel Chris Sharwood-Smith MBE DL ACF (Rtd)

Bedfordshire RFCA Chair, Executive Board Member

Lt Col (Rtd) Jackie Allan QVRM TD DL

Essex RFCA Chair, Executive Board Member


East Anglia Reserve Forces and Cadets Association Staff Secretariat

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Head of Finance

Jimmy Duggan RFCA School Cadet Expansion Officer

School Cadet Engagement Officer

Alison Falcon

Deputy Chief Executive, Chief of Staff, Cadets and Youth

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