Clive Docwra

In his role as Managing Director, Clive Docwra, is responsible for the development and growth of McBains, overseeing a programme of continuous improvement and fostering a culture in which open communication and teamwork are deeply embedded across every aspect of the business. Clive ultimately seeks to create an environment in which talented people from different disciplines can work together most effectively. In doing so, he aims to continually improve the service McBains provides and help clients find better solutions to increasingly complex challenges.

Graduating in quantity surveying from the University of Westminster, he later became a member of the Association of Project Management and a Chartered Member of the RICS. Clive spent ten years at a top-tier construction consultancy, ultimately responsible for an office delivering surveying and technical advisory services to funders of private developments and public private partnerships. He then spent six years at two privately owned property development companies, in the capacity of Project Director.

Clive was drawn to McBains having witnessed the interdisciplinary culture of the firm in action on a prospective site purchase. He was so taken with the level of collaboration among internal teams and with clients that he joined the business as Director of Project Development in 2009, before taking over the reins as Managing Director in 2018.

Clive’s interests include all types of motorcycles, 1980s German cars, cycling and football.