Paul Hardaker
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Paul James Hardaker (born 1966)[1] is a meteorologist.
Biography
Hardaker is chair of the board of Sense about Science[2] and is the former Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Physics.[3]
Hardaker has a background in mathematics, and completed his PhD in
British Telecom Research Labs, the European Space Agency, the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. He worked at the Met Office for 14 years in a variety of roles including the Met Office's chief adviser to government, providing support to the government in areas such as climate change policy, the civil contingency programme and the UK's Public Met Service,[4] before eventually becoming the first Chief Executive of the Royal Meteorological Society in 2006, until 2012.[5] Hardaker was a founding editor of the Atmospheric Science Letters journal.[3]
Hardaker was chairman of the
Primary Care Trust and was actively involved with local and regional healthcare initiatives.[2] In 2015 Hardaker was reported to be the 8th highest paid charity CEO in the UK.[7]
Hardaker is also a
References
- ^ "Paul James HARDAKER". Companies House. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Sense about Science USA - Our Board". Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ a b "New Chief Executive for the Institute of Physics". Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- S2CID 122776027.
- S2CID 247674671.
- ^ "Emeritus and visiting positions". University of Reading. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ "Charity Chief Executive pay revealed". Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ "What IOP has Learned from its International Programmes". AIP. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
