Board Members of The UK Statistics Authority
Chairman
Andrew Dilnot CBE
Non-executive members
Six non-executive members were appointed through open competition:
- Professor Sir Adrian Smith FRS, deputy chairman responsible for governance of the Office for National Statistics
- Professor David Rhind CBE FRS FBA, deputy chairman with responsibility for oversight of the UK official statistics system
- Dr Colette Bowe
- Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta FRS FBA
- Dame Moira Gibb CBE
- Dr David Levy.
Executive Members
The Authority's membership also includes three executive members:
- Jil Matheson, the National Statistician and head of the Government Statistical Service
- Richard Alldritt, the Authority's Head of Assessment, responsible for the independent assessment of official statistics
- Glen Watson, ONS Director General.
The term of office of the previous chair, Sir Michael Scholar, ended on 31 March 2012.
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