Rob Varley was appointed chief executive of the

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in 2014. He stepped down in 2018. Rob was First Vice President of the

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until 24 April 2018. He was educated at Cheltenham Bournside School and graduated from the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...

with a BSc in Environmental Sciences in 1983. Varley was the first CEO to be promoted from within the Met Office since its founding in 1854. He holds a postgraduate diploma in Management from the

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(2001) and a diploma in Company Direction from the

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(2010). He received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the

in 2016. He is a Chartered Meteorologist of the

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and Chartered Director of the

. In 2012 he was named as the Institute of Directors' Director of the Year (Public and Third Sectors). Rob was Vice President of the

from 2013 to 2014, President of

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from 2015 to 2018 and First Vice President of the

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from 2017 to 2018.

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