The Board

Chair

The Chair of the UK Statistics Authority is Sir David Norgrove. David was appointed Chair of the Authority by Her Majesty the Queen in March 2017 following open competition, and with parliamentary approval.

Non-Executive members

Non-Executive members are appointed through open competition. The current Non-Executive members are:

Executive members

The Authority Board currently has three executive members:

Professor Sir Ian Diamond, National Statistician. The National Statistician is a Crown appointment as the Authority’s and the Government’s principal adviser on official statistics. The National Statistician is Head of the Government Statistical Service, and is also the Authority’s Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary.
Ed Humpherson, the Director General for Regulation.The Director General for Regulation is a statutory post as the the Authority’s principal adviser on the assessment and reassessment of official statistics and their compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics.
One of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Directors General on a rotational basis. This is currently Mr Jonathan Athow (the Deputy National Statistician for Economic Statistics). The others are Ms Frankie Kay (Deputy National Statistician for Data Capability) and Mr Iain Bell (Deputy National Statistician for Population and Public Policy).

Former members

Professor Sir Adrian Smith FRS Non-Executive Director 1 April 2008 to 1 September 2008, and again from 1 September 2012 to 31 March 2020
Professor Sir Ian Diamond FBA FRSE FAcSS Non-Executive Director 1 June 2018 to 5 August 2019
Dr David Levy Non-Executive Director 1 August 2012 to 31 May 2019
Dame Colette Bowe DBE Non-Executive Director 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2018
Dame Moira Gibb DBE Non-Executive Director 1 February 2008 to 31 January 2018
Sir Andrew Dilnot CBE Chair 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2017
Ms Carolyn Fairbairn Non-Executive Director 1 April 2013 to 30 September 2015
Professor David Rhind Deputy Chair (Statistics System) 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2015
Mr Partha Dasgupta Non-Executive Director 1 April 2008 to 30 June 2014
Sir Jon Shortridge Non-Executive Director 1 February 2010 to 30 October 2012
Lord David Rowe-Beddoe Deputy Chair (ONS) 1 April 2008 to 31 August 2012
Sir Michael Scholar KCB Chair 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2012
Professor Sir Roger Jowell CBE Deputy Chair (Statistics System) 11 November 2008 to 26 December 2011
Professor Stephen Nickell CBE FBA Non-Executive Director 1 April 2008 to 31 October 2010
Sir Alan Langlands FRSE Non-Executive Director 1 April 2008 to 12 April 2009