Director - R Manley

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Summary of Curriculum Vitae: Ronald Manley
FULL NAME			Ronald Edward Manley
YEAR OF BIRTH			1944
NATIONALITY			British
PROFESSION			Hydrologist/Water Resources Planner
POSITION IN FIRM			Director
RANGE OF EXPERIENCE			Mr Manley is a Chartered Civil Engineer with specialisation in computer applications for hydrology and water resources. Some of the studies he has worked on, including water aspects of the Middle-East Process, have been politically sensitive and have involved meetings at ministerial level. He is the developer of the HYSIM rainfall/runoff model which is in use by many firms of consultants and has been adopted as standard by the Environment Agency in the UK. He has carried out hydrological and water resources studies of major wetlands (Niger, Okavango, Tigris/Euphrates and Danube). He managed two major flow forecasting and data base development projects financed by the United Nations. He has working experience of more than thirty countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe. He is a former member of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) Commission on Eco-system Management.
CAREER SUMMARY			2006-date Director, Water Resource Associates Ltd, England. 1974-2006 Hydrologist and Water Resources Planner, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK (formerly called the Institute of Hydrology). Since 1985, Head of Water Resources Group. Deputy Head of Hydrological Risks and Resources Division, 1972-1974 Hydrologist, Thames Conservancy (later Thames Water Authority), Reading, UK.
EDUCATION			B.Sc in Civil Engineering, Imperial College, University of London, 1966 M.Sc by Research, University of Birmingham, 1975
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION			Member Institution of Civil Engineers, 1969 British Hydrological Society (National Committee, 1991 to 1993)
RECENT WORK			Technical Advisor on water aspects of the Middle East Peace Process for European Commission and French Government. Supervision of associated EU financed project to develop and enhance water data collection and processing capability. (Projects valued at € 7 million, for European Commission and € 1.7 for French government). Leader of an international team organised by WRA to advise on technical aspects of a dispute between Lebanon and Israel over use of Jordan. Management of two flow forecasting schemes, in West Africa (8 countries) and Indonesia. (Projects value at $10 and $1 million, for World Meteorological Organisation). Deputy leader of international multi-disciplinary team reviewing proposals for water resources development in the Okavango Delta in Botswana (Review budget, $1 million, for IUCN). Further studies in connection with proposed abstraction upstream of delta. Key expert for monitoring on flood management project in Ukraine. Key expert for hydrology and water resources on Vardar/Axios river basin in Macedonia/Greece.
COUNTRIES OF WORK			Argentina, Belgium, Belarus, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cap Verde, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Palestinian Territories, Poland, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Yemen, Zimbabwe.
LANGUAGES			French (written, spoken and read: fluent), Indonesian (spoken: good), Spanish (read).Fluent in English and good knowledge of Portuguese & French
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