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Prof Paul James Hardaker  CMet FRMetS CEnv

Chief Executive
Royal Meteorological Society
104 Oxford Road
Reading
RG1 7LL

chiefexec@rmets.org

Employment

Chief Executive, Royal Meteorological Society 2006 - present
Visiting Professor, University of Reading 2006 – present
Non-Exec Director of Berkshire West PCT 2005 - present
Chief Advisor to Government, Met Office 2003 – 2006
Group Head of New Products and Services, Met Office 2002 – 2003
Non-Exec Director of WeatherXchange Ltd 2001 – 2006
Head of Observations Development, Met Office 1999 – 2002
Visiting Professor, University of Salford 1999 – present
Weather Radar Programme Manager, Met Office 1996-1999
METSTAR International Consultancy Unit. Met Office 1993-1996

Expertise

Environment and health policy, environmental remote sensing, in particular weather radar and satellite systems, climate change, severe weather and environmental risk management

Recent Jobs

• Steering Group Chairman for NERC Directed Programme on Flood Risk from Extreme Events (FREE)
• Steering Group Chairman for DTI Technology Programme IEC project on Developing Environmental Web Services (DEWS)
• One of the Government’s Science and Society Champions
• Editor of Atmospheric Science Letters
• Chair of the Review Boards for both of EUMETSAT’s Ocean and Sea Ice and Climate Satellite Applications Facilities
• University of Wales Physics Review Panel

Countries

UK, Europe

First Accredited as Chartered Meteorologist

April 2001