Professional Summary

Jamie Glanvill is an experienced operational leader, instructor, and emergency management specialist with a strong background in highpressure environments. He is known for his calm, analytical approach to complex challenges, his ability to design, deliver, and evaluate largescale training exercises, and his leadership coaching at all levels. In recent years, Jamie has supported clients across the energy, municipal, and governmental sectors – delivering ICS training, facilitating multi-agency exercises, and developing practical performance-evaluation frameworks that strengthen organizational preparedness, operational effectiveness, and leadership capability.

Core Expertise

• Emergency management and ICS instruction
• Exercise design, delivery and evaluation – from TTXs to full-scale, multi-agency exercises
• Leadership coaching and mentorship
• Operational and strategic planning
• Organizational preparedness and regulatory compliance

Career Highlights

During a decade-long career as an infantry officer in the British Army, Jamie led teams in some of the world’s most challenging environments, developing deep expertise in people management, crisis response, and operational planning. His final posting was at the British Army Training Unit Suffield in Alberta, where he became one of the most experienced officers on the permanent training team. He designed, planned, and executed complex exercises, coached leaders from Canada, the UK, and the USA, and responded to a range of emergencies, including medical, equipment, and environmental incidents.

In his consulting career, Jamie has improved training-evaluation processes, redesigned procedures based on lessons learned, and has generated actionable improvements to clients’ emergency-management programs. His work includes developing training, improving incident-response capability, and implementing technical solutions in collaboration with external partners.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor Degree (Hons), Economics & Politics with a PostGraduate Award in Leadership & Management
• Graduate, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
• Certified ICS Canada 300-level Instructor

Personal Notes

Jamie is a keen adventurer and an ACMG hiking guide, climbing and ski instructor, avalanche skills trainer, and avid mountaineer. He is a committed volunteer with Cochrane Search and Rescue, where he plays a key role on the training committee and instructs SAR Basics for new members.