Rob Varley Explained

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Rob Varley was appointed chief executive of the Met Office in 2014.[1] He stepped down in 2018.[2] Varley was First Vice President of the World Meteorological Organization until 24 April 2018.[3]

He was educated at Cheltenham Bournside School and graduated from the University of East Anglia with a BSc in Environmental Sciences in 1983.[4] Varley was the first CEO to be promoted from within the Met Office since its founding in 1854.[5] 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.[6] He is a Chartered Meteorologist of the Royal Meteorological Society[7] and Chartered Director of the Institute of Directors.[8] In 2012 he was named as the Institute of Directors' Director of the Year (Public and Third Sectors).[9]

Varley was Vice President of the Royal Meteorological Society from 2013 to 2014,[10] President of EUMETNET from 2015 to 2018 [11] and First Vice President of the World Meteorological Organisation from 2017 to 2018.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Executive. Met Office. 15 June 2016.
  2. Web site: PressOffice. Met Office. 5 March 2018.
  3. Web site: La argentina Celeste Saulo fue designada 1° Vicepresidente de la Organización Meteorológica Mundial . The Argentine Celeste Saula Designated 1st Vice President of the World Meteorological Organization . . Spanish . 2019-04-25 . 2021-08-30.
  4. Web site: After 31 years with the Met Office, Chartered Director Rob Varley is to be the new CEO. Chartered Director. 15 June 2016.
  5. Web site: Interview: Met Office chief executive Rob Varley on the BBC, climate change – and the risks of public sector pay restraint. Civil Service World. 25 August 2016.
  6. Web site: LinkedIn profile for Rob Varley.
  7. Web site: Royal Meteorological Society News, 8 July 2014.
  8. Web site: Institute of Directors: Chartered Director Alumni.
  9. Web site: Royal Meteorological Society News, 8 July 2014.
  10. Web site: Royal Meteorological Society News, 8 July 2014.
  11. Web site: LinkedIn profile for Rob Varley.
  12. Web site: WMO press release 30 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20231218171646/https://public-old.wmo.int/en/media/news/wmo-elects-new-first-vice-president. dead. 18 December 2023. 29 November 2017.

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