Biography
Biography
Francesca Grum is Assistant Director and Chief of the Demographic and Social Statistics Branch of the United Nations Statistics Division in New York, where she leads the global compilation and dissemination of statistical information and the development of international standards and methods to produce and use demographic and social data, including on population, gender equality, time use and international migration.
Ms. Grum has been working on methodological, analytical and capacity development activities since 2000 when she joined the UN Statistics Division in New York. During this period, she held different positions including that of head of the MDG indicators methodological unit; focal point for the Division's programme on civil registration and vital statistics systems; and manager of flagship projects including UNdata.org and the Evidence and Data for Gender Equality (EDGE) initiative. Prior to the UN, she worked for several years in Spain, France and Italy as a dataminer and statistical advisor on big data projects including at SAS Institute working on banking and mobile phone data.
Francesca holds a Master's degree in Economic and Actuarial Statistics from the University of Padua, Italy.