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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.[1][2]
He was listed as one of Australia's Smart 100 in a 2003 poll run by the Australian magazine The Bulletin.[3]
Dennis joined the ABS in 1966 as a Statistics cadet.[4] Between 1992 and 1995 he was the Deputy Government Statistician in New Zealand Statistics [5] and a Deputy Australian Statistician from 1995 to 2000, when he was appointed as the Australian Statistician.[6]
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.[6]
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.[6]
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.[6]
Mr Trewin also holds honorary life memberships of the International Statistical Institute and the Statistical Society of Australia.[7]
| Preceded by William McLennan |
Australian Statistician 2000–2007 |
Succeeded by Brian Pink |
- ^ Tim Colebatch. "Mining boom fails to deliver", The Age, September 2, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-01-31.
- ^ Statistical News Tasmania: Australian Statistician Dennis Trewin Retires. Newsletter, Australian Bureau of Statistics (November 2006). Retrieved on 2007-01-31.
- ^ "The Bulletin Smart 100" (broken link). The Bulletin. Retrieved on 2006-06-25.
- ^ Senior Staff Biographies - Dennis Trewin, Australian Statistician. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved on 2007-01-31.
- ^ Biography for Dennis Trewin. Observatory Pascal (2004). Retrieved on 2007-01-31.
- ^ a b c d Speaker profile: Dennis Trewin. OECD (November 2004). Retrieved on 2006-06-25.
- ^ The Australian & The Scanlon Foundation presenter profile: Dennis Trewin. College of Arts & Social Sciences, Australian National University. Retrieved on 2007-01-31.
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