Lucy Mtilatila

Lucy Mtilatila is a Malawian meteorologist who is the Director of Climate Change and Meteorological Services in Malawi. She is the Permanent Representative of Malawi at the World Meteorological Organization.

Life Mtilatila graduated from the University of Malawi and she took her masters degree in Australia. She studied for her doctorate in Germany. She defended her doctoral thesis, "Climate change effects on drought, freshwater availability and hydro-power generation in an African environment – observations and projections for the Lake Malawi and Shire River Basins in Malawi" at the University of Potsdam in 2023. She is a Malawian meteorologist who became the Director of Climate Change and Meteorological Services in Malawi in 2022 replacing Jolamu Nkhokwe who retired. She was the fifth director and the first woman. She is the Permanent Representative of Malawi at the World Meteorological Organization.

Her opinion is sought concerning the weather and climate. She has advised farmers to take advise about crops that meet the climatic conditions.

In 2025 Mtilatila gained the support of the relevant parliamentary committee for her ambition to install weather radar in Malawi to improve the accuracy of the weather forecasting.