Veronica Boero
Leader of the Social and Economic Statistics Team, The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Veronica Boero is the Leader of the Social and Economic Statistics Team in the Statistics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. She joined FAO in 2012 as Regional Statistician for Latin America and the Caribbean, position she held until her transfer to Headquarters in October 2019. Her main areas of expertise are data collection systems and statistical analysis in the areas of food security and agriculture.
Before joining FAO, Veronica was a Senior Statistician at the Australian Bureau of Agriculture Resources Economics and Science (ABARES) of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry of the Commonwealth Government of Australia.
She holds Master of Philosophy in Statistics and Bachelor of Science with Honours in Statistics degrees, both from the Australian National University.