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  "title": "Bert Kroese",
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  "summary": "Mr. Kroese is Chief Statistician, Data Officer, and Director of the Statistics Department at the IMF.",
  "publishDate": "2022-08-16",
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      "heading": "Current roles",
      "content": "- The IMF biography lists Bert Kroese as Chief Statistician, Data Officer, and Director of the Statistics Department at the IMF."
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    {
      "heading": "Professional background and experience",
      "content": "- Worked for 25 years at Statistics Netherlands.\n- Served in various expert, management, and (senior) director roles in the fields of methodology and economic statistics.\n- From 2013 until 2022, acted as Deputy Director-General and CIO with special focus on and responsibility for IT and Innovation.\n- In 2014 and 2020 (at the start of the Coronavirus pandemic), was acting Director-General for a short stint.\n- Nationally and internationally active in the fields of innovation and environmental-economic statistics."
    },
    {
      "heading": "International roles and leadership",
      "content": "- Chaired the UN Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting (UNCEEA) for seven years.\n- Co-chair of the Executive Board of the High-Level Group for Modernization of Official Statistics (UNECE).\n- In the context of the European Statistical System, served as co-chair and deputy chair of a number of innovation related taskforces."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Other public-sector roles (Netherlands)",
      "content": "- Member of the strategy team of the Dutch National Artificial Intelligence Coalition.\n- Treasurer of ICTU, a large IT service supplier in Dutch government."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Education",
      "content": "- Holds a PhD (honors) in mathematical statistics from the University of Groningen."
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    "Served in various expert, management, and (senior) director roles in the fields of methodology and economic statistics.",
    "From 2013 until 2022, acted as Deputy Director-General and CIO with special focus on and responsibility for IT and Innovation.",
    "In 2014 and 2020 (at the start of the Coronavirus pandemic), was acting Director-General for a short stint.",
    "Nationally and internationally active in the fields of innovation and environmental-economic statistics.",
    "Chaired the UN Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting (UNCEEA) for seven years.",
    "Co-chair of the Executive Board of the High-Level Group for Modernization of Official Statistics (UNECE).",
    "In the context of the European Statistical System, served as co-chair and deputy chair of a number of innovation related taskforces.",
    "Member of the strategy team of the Dutch National Artificial Intelligence Coalition.",
    "Treasurer of ICTU, a large IT service supplier in Dutch government.",
    "Holds a PhD (honors) in mathematical statistics from the University of Groningen."
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