Council of Management

The Members of Council are each elected for a period of three years, with one third of the Members to be elected each year. In addition there are three Appointed Officers of Council: Chair, General Secretary, and Treasurer. The Editor of the Institute Journal is also an ex-officio officer of Council. Please also see the Staff Organisation Chart.

James Keenan

Chairman

James has 33 years of experience as a collision investigator and served with Merseyside Police until 2006. After retiring from the police, he continued work as a consultant for Keith Borer Consultants until he retired in 2018.

In 1988, James was one of the founder members of ITAI and since then has taken on various roles within the Institute as Chairman, Secretary to the Grades Assessment Group, Assessor and now Council Member.

On behalf of ITAI, James was the original external examiner at De Montfort University overseeing the UCPD course for Collision Investigation.

Since retiring he has more time to give to ITAI and became a member of the management Council and was elected as Chairman.

Bob Seston

General Secretary

Bob has 40 years of experience as a collision investigator and, since retiring from the police service in 2004, he has been employed as an independent consultant. He has been a member of the Council of Management since 2004, he was the General Secretary for six years until 2010 and took on the role again in 2012. Bob organised the four biennial conferences held between 2003 and 2009; organised the conference in Edinburgh on behalf of the EVU; and ITAI's 2017 conference. He has been actively engaged in assisting with various other aspects of the running of the Institute.

Bob Wagstaff

Treasurer

Bob has 27 years experience as a Collision Investigator having served with Bedfordshire Police until 2015, since retirement from the Police Service he has continued to work as an independent Consultant.

Prior to joining the Police, he was a time served engineer, and trained as a draughtsman. These skills were identified by the Traffic Section and this lead to Collision Investigation. He has a mixture of Engineering, academic and practical qualifications for this field.

Bob has just finished a five-year tenure with De Montfort University where he served as the External Examiner overseeing the UCPD, Cert HE and the FDSc courses for Collision Investigation.

Bob joined ITAI in 1994 and became a full member in 2003.

He is pleased to have taken over the responsibility of the Treasurer Role and looks forward to working with Council and the Membership.

Jon Webb

Webmaster, Administrator, Contact Editor

Jon has been an accident investigator since 1994, and an active member of ITAI for most of that period. 

After completing more than 30 years in the Metropolitan Police Jon moved to Devon and set up his consultancy.

You may have met or seen Jon on ITAI crash days where he's seen driving up and down the runway and sometimes crashing, on purpose.

Jon runs the ITAI web site and sends out many of the emails members receive!

Jon has recently taken on the role of editor of 'Contact' and also deals with various tasks under the banner of 'admin'. 

Dominic Harris

Secretary to the Grades Assessment Team

Dominic has been in the Motor Industry for 35 years. Following his apprenticeship at a British Leyland Commercial Vehicle Dealership and a further 15 years as a mechanical engineer, he was employed as an Independent Consulting Engineer. He progressed from assessing accident damage vehicles and the mechanical condition of vehicles following collisions to investigating staged and contrived accidents and general fraud in the Motor Industry. He has been an elected member of Council since 2009.

Stephen Cash

Impact Editor

Steve has been a Collision Investigator since 2008, starting as a Police Forensic Collision Investigator with the Metropolitan Police. During the final 3 years of his Police career he also practiced outside of the Police on a consultancy basis. In 2018 Steve left the Police and took up the role of Principal Consultant at FCIR Ltd.

His work, and accompanying research and development in the field of Collision Investigation have lead to him obtaining Incorporated Engineer (IEng) status from the Engineering Council, and attaining Membership of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (MIMechE). He is also a Member of the Institute of the Motor Industry (MIMI) with whom he is registered as an Advanced Automotive Engineer (AAE).

Steve is also the current subject matter expert for De Montfort University who provide the UCPD, Cert HE, FdSc and BSc courses in Collision Investigation.

Rob Elliot

Council Member

Rob is a retired Police Officer, now working in private practice in Cambridgeshire as a full time Collision Investigator. He originally served in a UK Police Force for over fourteen years, 11 years as a Traffic Officer and full time Collision Investigator. He has been in private practice for the past 14 years.

From 1999 – 2007 Rob operated his own Consultancy and was then the Managing Director of Emmerson Associates, Forensic Scientists from 2007 – 2011. He currently operates his own Consultancy in most Road Traffic Matters, both Civil and Criminal.

Ian White

Council Member

Ian has been involved in Accident Reconstruction over a number of years and has been a Member of the Institute since 1997. Whilst he is a member of a number of other institutes, he has the greatest regard for ITAI and the work it does. It is for that reason that he considers it a privilege to have been nominated for Council.

Ian’s has been heavily involved in coordinating ITAI events in the form of recent crash days. Ian is sure that you will all appreciate that voluntary time is limited and he sincerely hopes for an input from the membership with respect to ideas and assistance, in order to run events, which hopefully will be of interest to the members, and assist in their career development.

Mark Crouch

Chairman Elect / Deputy Chairman

His work in the field of Collision Investigation has led to him achieving Chartered Physicist (CPhys) status from the Institute of Physics. He is an Advanced Automotive Engineer (AAE), Licentiate of the City and Guilds Institute (LCGI), a Fellow of the Institute of the Motor Industry (FIMI) and a Fellow of the Institute of the Highways Engineers (FIHE). He is a Member of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences (MCSFS), a Member of the Institute of Physics (MInstP) and a Member of the Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators (MITAI).

Mark worked for the Metropolitan Police as a Forensic Collision Investigator for many years before forming his own company.

Mark is also the current External Examiner for De Montfort University overseeing the UCPD, Cert HE, FdSc and BSc courses in Collision Investigation.

Jenny Miller

Council Member

Jenny is a serving police officer who is currently supervising an FCIU office within a tri-force collaboration.

She joined the Roads Policing unit in 2007 and moved across to FCIU in 2014 commencing study with DMU.

Jenny continues to attend scenes in a supervisory capacity, as well as attending FCI compiling reports into collisions.

Since joining council in June 2020 Jenny has completed qualifications in both Assessment and Internal Quality Assurance which will allow her to assist in the Grades assessment and CPC processes.