## Bert Kroese

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: August 16, 2022

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### Current roles
- The IMF biography lists Bert Kroese as Chief Statistician, Data Officer, and Director of the Statistics Department at the IMF.

### Professional background and experience
- Worked for 25 years at Statistics Netherlands.
- 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.

### International roles and leadership
- 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.

### Other public-sector roles (Netherlands)
- Member of the strategy team of the Dutch National Artificial Intelligence Coalition.
- Treasurer of ICTU, a large IT service supplier in Dutch government.

### Education
- Holds a PhD (honors) in mathematical statistics from the University of Groningen.

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_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/about/senior-officials/bios/bert-kroese_