Neil Plummer is currently Assistant Director Climate Information Services with the Bureau of Meteorology. Neil joined the Bureau in 1986 and started his career as a weather forecaster. He has held positions on various World Meteorological Organization expert teams and management committees and has been a coordinating author with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In 2008 he shifted into the world of hydrology as Manager Extended Hydrological Prediction before taking up his current position.