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BNTVA Board of Trustees
Ceri McDade
Chair/Editor
chairman@bntva.com
Ceri works ad hoc in health research, particularly in Quality Improvement and geriatrics. She is passionate about the patient-clinician relationship, a member of the Patient & Carer Network of the Royal College of Physicians, and Public & Patient Sounding Board for the Genomics Partnership of Wales. Ceri has worked as a Charity Fundraising Officer, a support worker for learning disabilities, mental health issues and complex needs work including specialist women’s refuge work. Her father, Michael Marsh was present at Operations Buffalo and Antler, Maralinga. Mike became Chief Technician - Electronic/Avionics in the RAF and passed away in 1999.
David Taunt
Vice Chairman
d.taunt@bntva.com
As a child, David’s ambitions were to travel, see the world, and be a rally driver. He joined the Royal Navy straight from school, aged 15, in 1958 and trained to be a Mechanical Engineer (Stoker) specialising in large marine diesel engines. He arrived on Christmas Island in September 1961, and, in 1962, witnessed 31 thermo-nuclear bombs at Operation Dominic. After leaving the Royal Navy in 1970, David created the world-famous Silverstone Rally School, which he ran for 25 years until retirement.
John Lax
Secretary
j.lax@bntva.com
John joined the Royal Air Force in 1960 as an Air Wireless Mechanic, servicing Varsity and Valetta aircraft. He was posted to RAF Christmas Island servicing Hastings aircraft, and took part in Operation Brigadoon /Dominic, where he witnessed the full suite of Nuclear Bomb tests in 1962. John worked on Hastings, Beverlys, Vampires, Jet Provost 3 & 4, Chipmunks and Buccaneers. After leaving the RAF in 1975, John worked for electronics and aerospace companies, and serviced the Sultan of Oman’s Jaguar aircraft. He formed Pegasus 2000 Ltd in 1998, and was made a Freeman of the City of London in 2011. John’s father was in the Army and present at Grapple Z in 1959, so is both a veteran and a descendant.
