Liz Bentley

Liz Bentley (born March 1968) is a British meteorologist who is the chief executive at the Royal Meteorological Society and a Professor of Meteorology at the University of Reading.

Early life and education Bentley was born in Huddersfield and grew up in Yorkshire, which is where she first became interested in weather. She was particularly interested in the weather changes over the Pennines. She studied mathematics at Newcastle University graduating in 1990

Research and career Bentley moved to Bracknell, where she joined the Met Office. She started training to become a meteorologist at the Met Office college. Her early work investigated weather forecasting for RAF Brize Norton, where she managed an outstation. She worked on both weather forecasting and prediction of noise. She was appointed a visiting professor at the University of Reading in 2014.