David Grimes, President of WMO
David GrimesDavid Grimes was elected President of the World Meteorological Organization by Sixteenth World Meteorological Congress in 2011 for a four-year term beginning immediately after the closure of the Congress.
David Grimes has been Assistant Deputy Minister and head of Environment Canada's Meteorological Service since July 2006. He has been Canada's Permanent Representative with WMO since December 2006.
Mr. Grimes has 35 years of scientific, research and management experience at Environment Canada. He has over 20 years experience working with WMO initiatives and programmes.
His experience also includes a significant number of challenging positions and assignments over the years, ranging from operations to science to policy. He occupied the position of Director General with the Meteorological Service of Canada for 15 years for a number of posts, including Canadian Climate Center, Policy, Services, Predictions and Partnerships.
Mr. Grimes has extensive educational experience in the domains of science and management (MBA level). He holds a Bachelor of Science in physics, mathematics and meteorology and is a certified professional meteorologist.