Penny Endersby

Chief Executive, Met Office and Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with WMO

Penny became Chief Executive of the Met Office in December 2018. For most of her career she has delivered science and technology on behalf of the Ministry of Defence. As Chief Executive, Penny leads the strategic direction of the Met Office and is:

  • The UK’s Principle Representative to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
  • Executive Sponsor of our BAME Network
  • Executive Sponsor of our Net Zero Strategic Action In 2020,

Penny was elected Vice President of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). She is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and a visiting professor in Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton.

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