Non-Executive Directors

The Non-Executive Directors support and challenge the Executive Directors of the Met Office in setting the organisation’s strategic objectives and delivering against agreed Key Performance Indicators. The Non-Executive Directors are encouraged to assist in raising external awareness of the Met Office and its work, and to build beneficial external relationships.

Simon has held a number of senior leadership positions in the finance, natural resources and energy sectors, including serving as chairman of 3i Group and Rio Tinto and as a director of Anglo American. Committed to public good science and sustainability, Simon currently serves as a director of the British Geological Survey and is a Defra-appointed member of the Peak District National Park Authority.

He is also a Senior Advisor to Rothschild & Co. and a member of the Energy Transition Commission. Simon’s academic credentials include a MA in geology from Oxford University, a PhD in history from King’s College London and an Honorary Professorship at the University of Exeter, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economics.

Lynn has extensive financial and commercial expertise, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant (ACA) with PwC in 1986, followed by over 35 years experience in senior leadership roles in private, public sector and listed businesses across a broad range of industry sectors, including telecoms, film and TV, utilities, automotive, luxury yachts, and facilities management.

As Non-Executive Chair of the Met Office Audit and Risk Committee, she brings relevant CFO and CEO experience from large, complex businesses undergoing major change and transformation, in both high growth and distressed situations. Her last Executive role was as CEO of Interserve Support Services, a strategic government supplier – leading the business through the Covid pandemic and a sale process.

Alongside her role at the Met Office, Lynn is currently a Non-Executive director and Chair of Audit and Risk for Ordnance Survey Limited.

Lynn is a Fellow of the ICAEW and has a degree in Arabic & Spanish from the University of Exeter.Catherine joined the Board of The Met Office in 2023 and is Chair of the Remuneration Committee.

Catherine is a highly respected leader within green finance, with over 25 years of experience in sustainable development, finance, strategy and change management. She is chief strategy officer at Impax Asset Management. She is responsible for overseeing the firm’s strategy, client and digital change projects and AI strategy, working with the CEO.

Catherine has a wealth of experience across government organisations. She was Director of international energy and climate finance at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). In this role she was Chair of the UK climate and energy G7 Presidency in 2022, which was the first G7 to agree to Net Zero commitments, and also Head of Climate Science and co-sponsor for the Met Office Hadley Centre climate science programme.

Catherine’s previous positions include: Vice-chair of the International Energy Agency, Trustee of the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust, Global head of environmental sustainability at ANZ bank and Chief operating officer at Low Carbon Australia.

Jordan is an experienced leader of innovation and change in systems, data, cyber and technology domains with a background in academia, the private sector and government, recognised both nationally and internationally. Driven by cutting edge challenges at the intersection of government, industry and academia, he is particularly focussed on enabling innovation through multidisciplinary and cross cutting teams. His areas of particular interest and expertise include dual use and emerging technologies, complexity and complex systems, transdisciplinary research and innovation, cyber, infrastructure, AI, autonomy, and data sciences to build long term, co-created capabilities across government and the private sector.  

Jordan has experience as both a Board member and Chair across a wide range of commercial sector and Government organisations. He now works primarily as an independent adviser. In addition to his role as Non-Executive Director for the Met Office, Jordan is a science and technology adviser to the UK MOD and National Security Community, and an adviser to a range of physical science and data science led start ups and scale ups. He also supports a number of boutique strategy consultancies. He is a visiting Professor at the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at UCL and other academic institutions.

Professionally, Jordan is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Chartered Physicist and Chartered Scientist. Jordan holds an MA Degree from the University of Oxford in Physics and a PhD from the University of London in High Energy Particle Physics.

Lisa is a Negotiations Officer for Prospect trade union. The Met Office is one of the Prospect branches that Lisa works with to negotiate with the employer to secure agreements on terms and conditions and other matters that further members’ interests. She also provides individual and collective representation and advice to members and branches in order to meet their needs and ensure successful outcomes.

Adam is a Senior Civil Servant and the Director of the International Research and Innovation Directorate within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). He is a development economist by background, having worked as an economic adviser to the Ministry of Finance in Sierra Leone in his earlier years, and for the UK’s Department for International Development in Bangladesh.

He has since then worked in HM Treasury, the Department for Exiting the European Union and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Currently, he leads the Directorate that develops international science partnerships, research establishments and infrastructures, research security, research talent, and the government’s work with the National Academies

Anusha is a leading chartered engineer, thought leader, keynote speaker, panellist and a passionate advocate for diversity, inclusion and fairness. As well as Anusha’s role as Director, Resilient Cities at Arcadis, she is also currently President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). She is a Visiting Professor at King's College London and Honorary Professor with University of Wolverhampton. She is the Past Chair of the Thames Estuary Partnership Board and was Non-Executive Director of Thomas Telford Board (ICE’s Business wing), Past Chair of ICE London and Past Co-Chair of ICE London & South East Diversity Task Force.

With over two decades of leadership and management excellence on numerous high-profile engineering and environmental projects in the UK and internationally, she is driven by a desire to make societies inclusive, safe, climate resilient and sustainable. Anusha sits on various industry NetZero and Climate Change groups including London Climate Change Partnership. She is recipient of several awards including 2020 - Top 50 UK Women Engineers in Sustainability Award.

Alan joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in November 2019. His previous full-time roles have included: Director-General of ECMWF, Chief Executive of NERC, Director of the Hadley Centre, and Professor and Head of Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading. Currently he holds part-time roles with the World Bank, Spire Global, and as a visiting professor at the University of Reading. For much of his career he was a research scientist in weather and climate. He was awarded an OBE for services to environmental science in the 2018 New Year Honours List.

Andy joined the Board as Non-Executive Director in September 2023.

During his eight-year tenure as Chief Executive of the UK's North Sea Transition Authority Andy played a pivotal role in conceiving and delivering on a fresh vision for the UK Continental Shelf.

With a keen focus on climate change and the opportunities arising from the global energy transition, Andy's work underscored the substantial potential for carbon reduction within the North Sea region. This includes carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, and offshore wind energy.

Andy serves on a number of boards and helps companies formulate and deliver on their energy transition strategies and projects.  He co-chaired the Aberdeen Maggie’s cancer charity for five years.

He holds an MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and a PhD from London University and was awarded a CBE for his services to the Energy Sector. Andy lives on a North Devon coastal farm, where he and his wife are enhancing the biodiversity. When not working, he enjoys surfing and spending time in nature with friends and family.