Alex Cartwright

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT ALEX CARTWRIGHT

I am happiest when I am helping communities, either through developing knowledge and preparedness for natural hazards and climate change, or helping respond to and recover from disasters. I am a Chartered Water and Environmental Manager, and Chair of Aotearoa\'s CIWEM Branch - focued on supporting others\' with their professional development. I love to work collaboratively, with a human-centric focus to all that I do. I find comfort creating process in chaos, often during emergencies. I have worked for and volunteered with differing agencies, including NZ Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) and the NHS Ambulance Service. I have been deployed into varied events, including operational and strategic flood response roles, to Welfare and Lifelines Functions within NZ\'s National Crisis Management Centre (NCMC). I have developed and delivered incident management training, ranging from Incident Controllers for the Environment Agency to Rapid Response Teams within the Military.