31 May 2024
Following a Top-Level Appointment Committee (TLAC) process, and nomination by the Taoiseach, President Micheal D. Higgins has appointed Jennifer Banim under Section 12(1) of the Statistics Act, 1993 as Director General of the Central Statistics Office (CSO) with effect from 31 May 2024.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the CSO and Ms Banim is the first female Director General of the CSO since it was established on 01 June 1949.
Ms Banim has been a member of the CSO’s Management Board since 2013 and before her appointment as Director General, was the Assistant Director General at the CSO responsible for Economic Statistics. Having joined the CSO as a Statistician in October 1991, Ms Banim has worked in a number of areas including Balance of Payments and Financial Statistics, Statistical Methodology, and Technology. Ms Banim is also currently co-chair of the Executive Board of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) High Level Group on the Modernisation of Statistics.
Ms Banim studied at Dublin City University, graduating in 1989 with a BSc in Applied Mathematical Sciences and recently completed a Diploma in Strategy Development and Innovation at University College Dublin’s Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.
See here for more details - https://www.cso.ie/en/csolatestreleases/corporatenews/2024/directorgeneralappointmentannouncement2024/
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