Meet the Board
The Chair of the UK Statistics Authority is Andrew Dilnot CBE. Andrew was appointed Chair of the Authority by Her Majesty the Queen in December 2011 following open competition, and with parliamentary approval.
Seven other non-executive members were appointed through open competition, some after consultation with the devolved administrations. The non-executive members are Lord Rowe-Beddoe of Kilgetty (who occupies the Deputy Chair post with responsibility for the governance of ONS), Professor David Rhind, Partha Dasgupta, Dame Moira Gibb, Sir Jon Shortridge and Colette Bowe.
The Authority has three executive members. They are Jil Matheson (the National Statistician), Richard Alldritt (the Authority's Head of Assessment) and Stephen Penneck (the Director General of ONS).
The National Statistician is a Crown appointment as the Statistics 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.
The Head of Assessment is a statutory post as the principal adviser to the Authority on the scrutiny of official statistics in pursuit of the Authority’s objectives.
Click on the links below for biographical information about each member of the Board of the UK Statistics Authority:
Lord David Rowe-Beddoe – Deputy Chair (ONS)
Mr Richard Alldritt - Head of Assessment
Dr Colette Bowe - Non-Executive Director
Mr Partha Dasgupta – Non-Executive Director
Dame Moira Gibb DBE - Non-Executive Director
Ms Jil Matheson – National Statistician
Mr Stephen Penneck – Director General (ONS)
Professor David Rhind - Non-Executive Director
Sir Jon Shortridge - Non-Executive Director
The following page provides details of former non-executive members of the Authority, including their period of service:
