Dennis Trewin
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Dennis J. Trewin was the Australian Statistician
, the head of the Australian Bureau of Statistics
, between July 2000 and January 2007.
Trewin joined the ABS in 1966 as a Statistics cadet. Between 1992 and 1995 he was the Deputy Government Statistician in Statistics New Zealand
and a Deputy Australian Statistician from 1995 to 2000, when he was appointed as the Australian Statistician.
Dennis Trewin was the driving force behind the ABS's pioneering 'Measures of Australia's Progress' (MAP), a new system of integrated national progress measurement, linking economic, social, environmental and governance dimensions of progress, a project which gained wide respect among other national statistical offices and helped bring about the OECD's Global Project, 'Measuring the Progress of Societies'.--
He holds other senior appointments in Australia such as non-judicial member of the Australian Electoral Commission
and an Adjunct Professor at Swinburne University. He has held the office of President of the Statistical Society of Australia.
Internationally, in 2005 he completed a term as President of the International Statistical Institute
having previously been Vice-President and President of the International Association of Survey Statisticians. He is a past editor of the International Statistical Review. He is Chairman of the Global Executive Board at the World Bank
, Chairman of the Asia/Pacific Committee of Statistics, and board member of Institute of Social Research.
Trewin holds honorary life memberships of the International Statistical Institute and the Statistical Society of Australia. He was listed as one of Australia's Smart 100 in a 2003 poll run by the Australian magazine The Bulletin
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Australian Statistician
The Australian Statistician is the head of the Australian Bureau of Statistics.On 18 June 1906, the first Statistician of the Commonwealth of Australia was appointed to carry out the provisions of the Census and Statistics Act 1905...
, the head of the Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is Australia's national statistical agency. It was created as the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics on 8 December 1905, when the Census and Statistics Act 1905 was given Royal assent. It had its beginnings in section 51 of the Constitution of Australia...
, between July 2000 and January 2007.
Trewin joined the ABS in 1966 as a Statistics cadet. Between 1992 and 1995 he was the Deputy Government Statistician in Statistics New Zealand
Statistics New Zealand
Statistics New Zealand is the national statistical office of New Zealand.-Organisation:New Zealand's Minister of Statistics is Maurice Williamson who serves as a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives and holds several other posts within government...
and a Deputy Australian Statistician from 1995 to 2000, when he was appointed as the Australian Statistician.
Dennis Trewin was the driving force behind the ABS's pioneering 'Measures of Australia's Progress' (MAP), a new system of integrated national progress measurement, linking economic, social, environmental and governance dimensions of progress, a project which gained wide respect among other national statistical offices and helped bring about the OECD's Global Project, 'Measuring the Progress of Societies'.--
He holds other senior appointments in Australia such as non-judicial member of the Australian Electoral Commission
Australian Electoral Commission
The Australian Electoral Commission, or the AEC, is the federal government agency in charge of organising and supervising federal elections and referendums. State and local government elections are overseen by the Electoral Commission in each state and territory.The Australian Electoral Commission...
and an Adjunct Professor at Swinburne University. He has held the office of President of the Statistical Society of Australia.
Internationally, in 2005 he completed a term as President of the International Statistical Institute
International Statistical Institute
The International Statistical Institute is a professional association of statisticians. The Institut International de Statistique or International Statistical Institute was founded in 1885 although there had been international congresses from 1853.. The Institute publishes a variety of books and...
having previously been Vice-President and President of the International Association of Survey Statisticians. He is a past editor of the International Statistical Review. He is Chairman of the Global Executive Board at the World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
, Chairman of the Asia/Pacific Committee of Statistics, and board member of Institute of Social Research.
Trewin holds honorary life memberships of the International Statistical Institute and the Statistical Society of Australia. He was listed as one of Australia's Smart 100 in a 2003 poll run by the Australian magazine The Bulletin
The Bulletin
The Bulletin was an Australian weekly magazine that was published in Sydney from 1880 until January 2008. It was influential in Australian culture and politics from about 1890 until World War I, the period when it was identified with the "Bulletin school" of Australian literature. Its influence...
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