Meet our people

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 RFCA Association President

Robert Voss CBE CStJ, Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire and President of East Anglia RFCA

The Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire Robert Voss CBE CStJ Hon.LLD

Association President


East Anglia RFCA Association Board Members

Brigadier Tim Seal

EA RFCA Chair, Finance Scrutiny Committee Chair

Captain Ant Chapman RD DL VR RNR

Association Vice-Chair, Executive Board Member, Hertfordshire RFCA Member

Wing Commander Michael Almond QVRM AE MRAeS DM FRCP VR

Association Board Member, Essex RFCA Chair

Anthony Fairbanks Weston

Association Board Member, Suffolk RFCA Chair

Christopher Walkinshaw 2023

Chair of the Regional Employer Engagement Group, NEAB Representative

Col Tim Allen OBE

Association Board Member, Norfolk RFCA Chair

Simon Messervy TD BSc MRICS

Association Board Member, Cambridge RFCA Chair

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

Association Board Member, Vice Chair (Air)

portrait photo of Mark van der Lande at AGM 2023

Association Vice-Chair (Army), Executive Board Member, Suffolk RFCA Member

Colonel Andrew Every MRICS MCGI VR

EA RFCA Estates Advisory Committee Chair

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Association Board Member, Hertfordshire RFCA Chair

Colonel Iain MacDonald

EA RFCA Joint Cadet Committee Chair

Chris Sharwood-Smith DL

Association Board Member, Bedfordshire RFCA Chair


East Anglia RFCA Staff Secretariat

Alison Falcon

Deputy Chief Executive, Chief of Staff, Cadets & Youth

Paul Bishop

Head of Engagement

Jimmy Duggan RFCA School Cadet Expansion Officer

School Cadet Engagement Officer

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