Managing Director

Colin Lloyd

Colin Lloyd was born and raised in the United Kingdom. He has 22 years in emergency management experience that started in his previous career with the New Scotland Yard, London, UK. There, he held posts ranging from senior homicide investigator and counter-terrorism operative to leading the Extradition and International Fugitive unit in partnership with Interpol.

He travelled extensively while with Scotland Yard assisting countries like Jamaica, Slovakia, South Africa, and Trinidad and Tobago build credible systems for safety and security. When he retired in April 2004, he was Scotland Yard’s lead on Witness Protection. He holds a high commendation for professionalism and leadership from the London Metropolitan Police Service for his work in the immediate aftermath of the 1999 Paddington rail disaster in London, England when 32 passengers lost their lives in a train collision.

Colin immigrated to Canada with his wife and two children in May 2004, settling in St Albert, Alberta. He was hired by the Government of Alberta in August 2004 to work as a business continuity professional at Alberta Emergency Management Agency. He progressed through the Agency to become Executive Director, Provincial Operations.

On December 1, 2011, Colin was appointed Managing Director of the Alberta Emergency Management Agency. In this role, he leads a team responsible for ensuring coordinated, integrated and effective responses when a public safety issue threatens the functioning of government or communities. His work is focused on creating the relationships, partnerships and opportunities in the public safety system to ensure collaboration on effective strategies to deal with hazards that could affect Albertans, their property, the environment and the economy. These strategies are focused on emergency mitigation and prevention, preparedness, response and recovery.

As well as working with colleagues to strengthen the public safety system in Alberta, Colin also works with provincial, territorial and federal senior officials responsible for emergency management. In this role, he advances Alberta's position on public alerting, emergency mitigation, Aboriginal emergency management, critical infrastructure, and community based capacity building amongst other issues.

Colin thoroughly enjoys his new life in Alberta. He balances interesting and challenging work with a keen desire to reduce his golf handicap, remain upright while skiing and explore the great outdoors with his family.