Charles Henville graduated from the University of Cambridge in England in 1969. He has also received a Master of Engineering degree from the University of British Columbia in 2000. 

His passion for protective relaying started in 1977 and continues to this day. After a thirty year career with BC Hydro, he retired in 2005 from the position of principal engineer.

He is a Fellow of IEEE, and is also past Chair of the IEEE PES Power System Relaying Committee.