Career Highlights
Manley Hopkinson has had a colourful career. A former inspector in the Royal Hong Kong Marine Police, he had his own boat building and servicing company in the Far East, twice served as an officer in the Royal Navy - rejoining for the 1st Gulf War, attained a degree in Marine Engineering then worked as a Marine Surveyor world-wide before becoming a contract project manager for Granada Media, solving one of its major Year 2000 projects. Since racing around the World as a Skipper in the BT Global Challenge, and winning the first race to the Magnetic North Pole in record time, Manley has been inspiring audiences worldwide recounting his experiences and bringing the topics of leadership, “team-ship” and “self-ship” alive using the powerful metaphors to the benefit of many of the world’s leading organisations. Having advised business leaders globally on the creation and running of high performing organisations, Manley is now on the Board leading the transformation of the ATLAS Consortium - a consortium of EDS, Fujitsu, EADS, Logica and General Dynamics delivering the Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) to the UK Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defence. Manley’s main strength is in creating and developing the transformational leadership behaviours needed for business and sporting teams to perform at a high level, consistently. From turning around failing teams, to creating new teams, Manley excels at enabling people to gain a deeper understanding of self and through that a better understanding of others leading to more effective business and personal relationships. Download the pdf here....

He is a professional yachtsman and was the skipper of Olympic Group, one of the twelve yachts competing in the incredible BT Global Challenge 2000-2001, "the World's toughest yacht race" organised by Sir Chay Blyth. Racing around the globe the "wrong way" into the prevailing winds and currents, the identical yachts were crewed by amateurs from all walks of life through the most inhospitable parts of the globe. It was a leadership and management challenge that pushed all the Skippers to the edge, and taught them much. Manley brings this incredible experience and knowledge to his inspiring talks and presentations.

Manley is now the preferred “inspiring public speaker” at the renowned Chewton Glen luxury hotel and Spa, one of the best in the world.

“Chewton Glen is a luxury hotel, spa and country club situated between the ancient New Forest and the sea. Featuring an award-winning restaurant, world-class leisure activities, luxurious accommodation, and modern conference facilities, Chewton Glen is the perfect destination for romantic escapes, relaxing getaways, and corporate events alike” www.chewtonglen.com

See his article published in the 40th anniversary edition of the Chewton Glen Magazine – download pdf.

ATLAS CONSORTIUM
March 2008: Manley is on the board of the ATLAS Consortium as the Director of Organisation, People and Partners, with responsibility for Marketing & Communications, HR and Organisational Effectiveness, Manley is now fully accountable in bringing about the required leadership
development for the largest infrastructure project outside the USA. The overarching principle of his role is on bring the many parts of the consortium closer together; the 5 business partners, the Ministry of Defence interface (IPT), cross functional business areas and the customer- the UK Armed Forces. Bringing his wide and varied leadership and consulting experience to bear, Manley is excited about his latest role, "It is an incredible opportunity. I have been advising leaders of business worldwide on how to change their own organisations, but now I have my own. This is a project of huge national importance and high visibility. We need to get this right. The responsibility is huge, but the calibre of people I am working with at Atlas is truly inspiring and that brings with it very high expectations." www.atlasconsortium.info
To view the Atlas Consortium pdf please download it here

Business Experience
Manley was the Chief Operating Officer of the new Whyte & Mackay Boat Show at Earls Court, London. From conception to show delivery in 7 ½ months, this spectacular show was developed in response to huge industry and public demand. Creating the team to deliver a complex and
international show enabled Manley to use his leadership and organisational skills to great effect in the high pressure world of event creation and management.
Through The Ocean Racing Organisation Limited, Manley is the cofounder of the Ocean Racing World Cup - an incredible opportunity to bring together the disparate world of ocean racing and create a world cup in a major global participation sport.
Manley was a contract project manager for Granada Media on their Y2K Compliance Programme, running teams based in London, Manchester and Leeds. His role developed beyond the Y2K Compliance Programme as Manley successfully led on other IT projects gathering business
requirements, assessing options and presenting recommended solutions.
Manley set up Manley Marine, a marine servicing and boat building company based in Hong Kong, serving the Far East and Australasia. As an experienced and qualified marine engineer, Manley balanced the demands of leading a team of employed and contracted staff as well as
maintaining a design and development capability himself, handling multiple, concurrent repair and build projects based in Hong Kong, Taiwan, China and Australia.