Professor Penelope Endersby joins the UK’s world-leading national meteorological service from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) where she led the Cyber and Information Systems Division and was Acting Chief Technical Officer as well as a Non-Exec Director of Ploughshare Innovations, the MOD’s technology transfer organisation. As the Met Office’s first female Chief Executive, Professor Endersby will lead the organisation as it manages the risks and opportunities associated with our changing weather and climate. With a strong science and technology background, she will lead the Met Office as it continues to embrace new technologies and developments in science to stay at the forefront of weather and climate science.  Read more…