Clive Manley

Clive Manley is the Civil Defence and Emergency Management Director for Auckland Council, Auckland Civil Defence Controller, and Deputy Chair of Auckland Coordinating Executive Group.

Prior to joining council he was a consultant specialising in Civil Defence Emergency Management and project management for Whole of Government Initiatives. His more recent roles, include nine years as Chief Executive of the Far North District Council and as Group Controller for the Northland Civil Defence Emergency Management Group, and Chairman of the Northland Coordinating Executive Group.

Clive has 30 years Civil Defence experience and he began a long collaboration with the Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management (MCDEM) from 1993 when he became one of the five Recovery Co-ordinators the government deployed to assist with the recovery following a major disaster in New Zealand.

Over the intervening years, he has held positions as Controller and Recovery Manager in both declared and non-declared emergencies. Clive started his professional career as a civil engineer and was elected to a Fellow of the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand in 2012 in recognition to his contribution to the application of engineering in the community in the field of CDEM.