After Dinner Speakers: Suzanne Charlton, Homer Hickam, David Copperfield

Suzanne Charlton was born in Urmston, Lancashire. She graduated from the University of Reading in 1985 with a degree in Physics and Meteorology, and in September of that year joined the Met Office in Bracknell, where she worked as a computer programmer. In 1987 she transferred to the London Weather Centre as a forecaster, joining the BBC weather team in march 1989. In the summer of 1990, she spent three and a half months working as a forecaster with the RAF in Germany. Suzanne left the BBC in 1999 to pursue other interests. A fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, Suzanne is married with children and lives in Hertfordshire. Suzanne is the daughter of former Manchester United and England footballer, Sir Bobby Charlton, and is a keen sports fan, with her special interests being football, tennis and skiing. She competed in national horse-riding events as well as playing hockey for her university.