Sustainability Magazine April 2026 Issue 69 | Page 127

KIRSTINE DALE

KIRSTINE DALE

TITLE: CHIEF AI OFFICER COMPANY: MET OFFICE LOCATION: EXETER, UK
Professor Kirstine Dale is the Met Office’ s Chief AI Officer( CAIO) and Principal Fellow for Data Science. As CAIO she is charged with embedding AI in the Met Office’ s core business: initially the focus is the use of AI in weather forecasting through leadership of the‘ AI for numerical weather prediction’( AI4NWP) programme.

“ THE FUTURE IS NOT THAT AI IS THE TEAM – THE FUTURE

IS AI’ S ROLE ON THE TEAM”

Kirstine Dale, Chief AI Officer,
Met Office