Mark is an internationally experienced meteorologist with a background in marine, aviation, commercial, public and media forecasting as well as working in both the Wellington Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre and the London Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre before finally coming home to Met Eireann in Dublin.
Mark's career began in New Zealand where he trained and worked alongside a variety of international forecasters within the New Zealand Met Service. He provided forecasts for the aviation, marine and public sectors as well as a host of commercial clients including the Royal NZ Air Force and NASA. He has also worked within the Wellington Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre monitoring the volcanic ash activity of volcanos in the South Pacific.
Mark then moved as a senior operational meteorologist with the UK Met Office in Exeter, UK, where he worked in aviation and surface transport before joining the Environment Hazards and Volcanic Ash teams.
The latest step in his career has brought him to Met Eireann where he works on both the General and Aviation sections where the role includes providing a wide array of forecasts for the Irish public and Met Eireann’s clients across the country.
Mark likes to travel the world as much as possible and trying to get to know as many interesting people along the way. All while trying to find a decent flat white that can rival the standard of coffee that he left behind in New Zealand
