The private sector in Europe: market development and challenges for commercial
LOCATION
School of GeoSciences
The University of Edinburgh, Grant Institute
The Kings Buildings, West Mains Road
Edinburgh
EH9 3JW
UK
SPEAKER: Ms Jennie Campbell, President of the Royal Meteorological Society.
Jennie graduated from Nottingham University in 1984 and shortly afterwards joined Listing Ltd, an independent production company supplying page-ready information services to the press. Her involvement with weather started here where she managed the production of daily weather panels for national and regional newspapers. Jennie went on to become Operations Director of Listings Ltd and was a key member of the team of directors who built the business and sold it to the Press Association in 1996.
After the sale of Listings Ltd, Jennie joined the Press Association as Director of PA’s Enterprises Division and was involved in the set-up of the PA WeatherCentre, a joint venture with Meteo Consult, a Dutch-owned weather business, which was established to provide weather services to corporate, media and industrial customers. Jennie became a Director of the PA WeatherCentre (now MeteoGroup UK) and in 2005 when the Press Association acquired Meteo Consult she took over as Managing Director, and subsequently CEO, of the entire Weather Group. In 2006 Meteo Consult was re-branded MeteoGroup and is now Europe’s largest private sector weather business. During this period Jennie was also Director, and subsequently, Chairman of PRIMET, the European Association of Private Meteorological Companies.
At the beginning of 2014 MeteoGroup was acquired by global growth investment firm, General Atlantic, and at the end of 2014 Jennie stepped down as CEO and now works as a consultant.
ABSTRACT: An overview of the contribution of the private sector to the development of the market for commercial weather services in Europe and a summary of the limitations on the growth of that market, past and present.
This meeting is part of the Royal Meteorological Society Meetings programme, open to all, from expert to enthusiast, for topical discussions on the latest advances in weather and climate.
SPEAKER: Ms Jennie Campbell, President of the Royal Meteorological Society.
Jennie graduated from Nottingham University in 1984 and shortly afterwards joined Listing Ltd, an independent production company supplying page-ready information services to the press. Her involvement with weather started here where she managed the production of daily weather panels for national and regional newspapers. Jennie went on to become Operations Director of Listings Ltd and was a key member of the team of directors who built the business and sold it to the Press Association in 1996.
After the sale of Listings Ltd, Jennie joined the Press Association as Director of PA’s Enterprises Division and was involved in the set-up of the PA WeatherCentre, a joint venture with Meteo Consult, a Dutch-owned weather business, which was established to provide weather services to corporate, media and industrial customers. Jennie became a Director of the PA WeatherCentre (now MeteoGroup UK) and in 2005 when the Press Association acquired Meteo Consult she took over as Managing Director, and subsequently CEO, of the entire Weather Group. In 2006 Meteo Consult was re-branded MeteoGroup and is now Europe’s largest private sector weather business. During this period Jennie was also Director, and subsequently, Chairman of PRIMET, the European Association of Private Meteorological Companies.
At the beginning of 2014 MeteoGroup was acquired by global growth investment firm, General Atlantic, and at the end of 2014 Jennie stepped down as CEO and now works as a consultant.
ABSTRACT: An overview of the contribution of the private sector to the development of the market for commercial weather services in Europe and a summary of the limitations on the growth of that market, past and present.
This meeting is part of the Royal Meteorological Society Meetings programme, open to all, from expert to enthusiast, for topical discussions on the latest advances in weather and climate.