Penny Endersby
Penny Endersby | |
|---|---|
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| Chief Executive of the Met Office | |
| Assumed office December 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Rob Varley |
| Personal details | |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Penelope (Penny) Endersby FREng FInstP FCMI is a British researcher and academic specialising in armour and explosives. She was appointed chief executive of the Met Office in December 2018. Prior to that, she led cyber and information systems at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory.
Education and early career
Endersby grew up in north London and was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, Elstree. She studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, and was a member of Newnham College.[1] She remains an associate of Newnham.[2] Here she became interested in materials science and metallurgy.[3] She was sponsored by British Gas, researching fuel cells.[4] After graduating she joined the Royal Armament and Research Development Establishment in 1993.[1]
Research
Endersby, a researcher specialising in armour and explosives, served at the Royal Armament and Research Development Establishment, becoming the "UK expert on electric and intelligent armours".[1] She was appointed as the department manager at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory in 2009. She began to focus on C4ISR and cyber security.[4] She holds a Royal Academy of Engineering visiting professorship at the University of Southampton.[4] Endersby was made division head of Cyber and Information Systems Division at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory in 2015.[1] She was involved in their International Women's Day celebrations.[5][6][7]
She joined the council of the Institute of Physics in 2017.[8] Endersby was appointed as chief executive at the Met Office in December 2018; she is the first woman to fill that role.[9] She serves on the board of Ploughshare Innovations, the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) technology transfer office.[10][11]
In 2021 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.[12]
Personal life
Endersby is an expert choir singer.[4] She has two children.[4] She is interested in wildlife and records the UK phenology.[3] She is a trustee of the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.[13]
References
- ^ a b c d "Professor Penny Endersby - Welcome to the WISE Campaign". Welcome to the WISE Campaign. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ "Penelope Endersby". Newnham Associates - Newnham College, Cambridge. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Penny Endersby - Future Worlds". Future Worlds. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "Professor Penelope Endersby - Defence Science". defencescience.blog.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ "Dstl – Supporting National Women in Engineering Day 2016". GOV.UK. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ "Dstl – Supporting International Women in Engineering Day 2017". GOV.UK. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ "Dstl want to 'see many more women studying STEM subjects at school, college and university'". WeAreTheCity. 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ "Extending our reach" (PDF). IOP. 2007. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ "Professor Penelope Endersby to be new Met Office Chief Executive". Met Office. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ "Ploughshare announces two new board members". GOV.UK. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ "ECS Visiting Professor appointed to Ploughshare Innovations board". University of Southampton. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ "Academy celebrates first new Fellows elected under Fit for the Future diversity initiative". Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "Our Trustees". Wiltshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 18 October 2018.