Mr Clive Murgatroyd MBE
Lecturer, Centre for Defence Acquisition
Location: Centre for Defence Acquisition, The Vincent Centre
E: c.murgatroyd@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0) 1793 31 4757
Department of Management and Security
Current activities
Since joining Cranfield University at the Defence Academy in November 2008, Clive has been supporting Through Life Capability Management (TLCM) courses and in April 2010 became the Course Director for the TLCM Practitioner course. He also lectures on Acquisition Employment Training, the Defence Acquisition Management MSc and Higher Education for Acquisition programmes. In addition to his lecturing commitments he has been developing case studies to support TLCM courses and new lectures and modules in Sustainability in Defence Acquisition. He has also led the development of a 'Capability Culture' education and training programme for NATO's International Staff.
He is undertaking research into the impacts of climate change and resource depletion on defence policy and defence acquisition, and regularly advises the Ministry of Defence on the development of sustainability policy and climate change strategy.
Background
Clive joined the Royal Navy in 1974. After studying for an Honours degree in Physical Oceanography at the University of Liverpool he trained as a Fighter Controller, subsequently becoming a Principal Warfare Officer specialising in Surface Warfare and Anti-Air Warfare. His time at sea was spent principally in Type 42 Air Defence destroyers on operational tours in the South Atlantic and Arabian Gulf. His shore appointments included instructing Junior Officers, working as a Staff Officer in Surface Flotilla and Royal Marines Headquarters, and running Joint Operations in the Falkland Islands. Whilst at the Maritime Warfare Centre as Assistant Director Concepts and Doctrine, he was the principal author and editor of the 3rd edition of British Maritime Doctrine, and was a member of the Joint Warfare Staff, training national and international students in Joint Operational Planning. His last appointment in the Navy was as the leader of the Surface Effects and Self Defence Capability Planning Group in the Ministry of Defence and as Chairman of NATO's Maritime Capability Group 1 on Above Water Engagement. He took early retirement from the Royal Navy in 2008 to pursue his lifetime interests in sustainability and the impacts of climate change, initially through a Master's degree at Kingston University. Clive was awarded the MBE in December 1994 and is a graduate of the Joint Services Defence College. He lives in Bayswater, London with his Australian partner Dr Robyn Pender, a building physicist and senior architectural conservator at English Heritage.
Selected publications
Conference Papers
Conference Papers
“Strategies, Structures and Technologies for the Future of Mission Oriented Armed Forces - The Impacts of Climate Change and Natural Resource Depletion" at the 22nd International Defence Educational and Acquisition Arrangement (IDEAA) Seminar, 24 May 2011.
“Sustainability in Defence Capability Change Management” at the 21st International Defence Educational and Acquisition Arrangement (IDEAA) Seminar, 25 June 2010.
Over the Threshold - Planning for an Uncertain Future" at the Church Buildings Council "Conservation Forum 2009" on 17 Nov 09.
Keynote Presentation "The Importance of Acting on Climate Change" at RUSI's "Energy Management for Defence Infrastructure" Conference on 9 Jul 09.
"Defence in a Changed Climate" at RUSI's Conference "Climate Change: Preparing for the New Security Environment" on 3 Sep 08.
Publications
2009: ‘Defence and the Arctic – Go with the Floe?’, RUSI Journal (Aug 09), London.
2008: ‘Defence in a Changed Climate’, RUSI Journal (Oct 08), London.
2004: ‘British Maritime Doctrine – BR1806 – 3rd Edition’ (May 2004), London
