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Rob Varley

Rob Varley was appointed chief executive of the Met Office in 2014.[1] He stepped down from that role on 5 March 2018.[2]

He was educated at Cheltenham Bournside School and graduated from the University of East Anglia with a BSc in Environmental Sciences in 1983.[3] Varley was the first CEO to be promoted from within the Met Office since its founding in 1854.[4] He holds a postgraduate diploma in Management from the University of Reading (2001) and a diploma in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors (2010). He received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of East Anglia in 2016.[5] He is a Chartered Meteorologist of the Royal Meteorological Society[6] and Chartered Director of the Institute of Directors[7]. In 2012 he was named as the Institute of Directors' Director of the Year (Public and Third Sectors).[8]

Rob was Vice President of the Royal Meteorological Society from 2013 to 2014[9] , President of EUMETNET from 2015 to 2018 [10] and First Vice President of the World Meteorological Organisation from 2017 to 2018.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Executive". Met Office. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Met Office Chief Executive stands down - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk.
  3. ^ "After 31 years with the Met Office, Chartered Director Rob Varley is to be the new CEO". Chartered Director. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Interview: Met Office chief executive Rob Varley on the BBC, climate change – and the risks of public sector pay restraint". Civil Service World. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  5. ^ "LinkedIn profile for Rob Varley".
  6. ^ "Royal Meteorological Society News, 8 July 2014".
  7. ^ "Institute of Directors: Chartered Director Alumni".
  8. ^ "Royal Meteorological Society News, 8 July 2014".
  9. ^ "Royal Meteorological Society News, 8 July 2014".
  10. ^ "LinkedIn profile for Rob Varley".
  11. ^ "WMO press release 30 November 2017".