United Nations Statistical Commission

Mr. Zachary Mwangi Chege has over 27 years of experience in the public service. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (First class Honors) from University of Nairobi and a Masters of Arts in Economic Policy Management, Makerere University, Uganda. He has expertise in official statistics, strategic management, surveys and censuses implementation, public policy analysis, budgeting, and project management, among others.

Prior to his current appointment as the Director General of the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), he was the Director of Macroeconomic Statistics, KNBS, from 2008 to 2012. From 1991 to 2008 he worked in the mainstream civil service rising to the position of Chief Economist in the Ministry of Planning and National Development.

He has coordinated the preparation of various publications including, Annual Economic Survey reports, Annual Statistical Abstract reports, Quarterly GDP reports, Socio Economic Atlas, various survey reports, Public Expenditure Review reports, Quarterly Budget Review reports and District Development Plans.

He has attended various courses and workshops, both locally and abroad, on Regional Integration, Statistical Developments, Public Expenditure Management, Financial Programming and Policies, Risk Management, Quality Management System, Project Management, Macroeconomic analysis and modeling, among others

Julio A. Santaella received his Bachelor Degree in Economics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). He holds a Master's degree and PhD. in Economics from the University of California (UCLA).

Since January 2016, Julio Santaella is the President of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI), the Mexican National Statistics Office. From 2001 to 2015, Mr. Santaella served at the Bank of Mexico as the Executive Coordinator of the Mexican Petroleum Fund, Manager of Information and Analysis, Director of the Central Bank Operations Support, Researcher for the General Direction of Economic Research, as well as for the Central Bank Governing Board.

In the academy field, he has been a researcher and teacher at the ITAM (1985-86, 1997-2003), Coordinator of the Applied Economics Center, Chairman of the Economics Department and Deputy Director of the Economic Research and Analysis Center.

From 1992 to 1997 he served as an economist of the Research Department and the European Department I of the International Monetary Fund, and from 1984 and 1987, he was appointed Department Chief of Macroeconomic Policy in the General Direction of Treasury Planning at the Finance Ministry.

Highly qualified in econometrics and quantitative methods (PhD in economics - Bucharest University of Economic Studies and Certificate of Advanced Studies in econometrics - University of Social Sciences, Mathematics Department, Toulouse), Mr Tudorel Andrei led the Council for PhD Studies at the Bucharest University of Economics Studies, the largest and oldest university specialized in economics in Romania. His major areas of interest are income distribution, education and innovation resulting in several scientific articles in major international journals.

Mr. Andrei has been the President of the Romanian National Institute for Statistics since 2013. As president, he supports innovation, communication and international relationships.

Prof. Dr. Georges-Simon Ulrich was appointed Director-General of the Federal Statistical Office by the Federal Council on 1st October 2013. He studied Business Administration in Switzerland, the USA (University of Virginia, Darden Business School) and Australia, where he obtained his DBA at the University of Southern Queensland with a thesis on Stakeholder management and communication. He is also Professor in strategic management and research methods at the University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich. Between 1992 and 2010 Mr Ulrich worked in private enterprise, holding various management positions in market and opinion research. From May 2011 to September 2013, he was Director of the LUSTAT statistical office in Lucerne. Mr Ulrich has been Vice Chair and is currently the Rapporteur of the UN Statistical Commission and Member of the European Statistical System's Partnership Group.

The Director is responsible for managing the FSO while ensuring that the ethical principles of official statistics are applied to every aspect of its work, ranging from specialist subjects to personnel and financial and organisational matters. He ensures that the Office works in line with the Federal Council's objectives and is able to face the challenges of the future. By implementing targeted objectives, and together with the board of management and executive members of staff, he puts into practice the FSO's vision and strategy. He is in charge of the Office's seven divisions and represents the FSO in important national and international affairs. In the parliamentary Commissions he is answerable to members of parliament. The International Service - that is responsible for coordinating the Federal Statistical Office's relations with international organisations and its activities abroad -comes directly under his aegis.