Celine Jauffret
Céline Jauffret leads Meteorological and Sectoral Services, a division that focuses on enhancing the delivery of user-oriented weather and climate services for decision-making, such as early warning services and services for key weather- and climate-sensitive sectors such as transportation (marine, aviation, etc), agriculture, health and energy.
Prior to joining the WMO in April 2026, Ms Jauffret gained extensive operational experience within Météo-France, the French Meteorological Service, particularly in operational forecasting, research and development on nowcasting, early warning services and crisis management in support to authorities.
In her role as Météo-France's Interregional Director for the Indian Ocean region (2023-2026) and as Head of the WMO Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre for tropical cyclones in the south-west Indian Ocean, she chaired the WMO Tropical Cyclone Committee for the region and was responsible for the entire value chain from observation to early warning and crisis coordination.
Most notably, she led frontline meteorological teams during high-impact events, including Cyclone Chido, which struck Mayotte in December 2024 and Cyclones Belal and Garance which crossed La Réunion in January 2024 and February 2025, respectively. These experiences honed her expertise in operational forecasting in support to emergency response, and with the delivery of actionable meteorological information to decision-makers and vulnerable communities.