John Pullinger
John James Pullinger CB |
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UK National Statistician | |
Assumed office 2014-07-01 |
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Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Minister for the Cabinet Office | Francis Maude (until May 2015), Matthew Hancock (since May 2015) |
Chair, UK Statistics Authority | Sir Andrew Dilnot |
Preceded by | Dame Jil Matheson |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 June 1959 |
John James Pullinger CB (born 1 June 1959) is the National Statistician for the United Kingdom, serving in this role since 1 July 2014.[1][2]
Career
Pullinger was a statistician in the Central Statistical Office and later the Office for National Statistics from 1980, finally rising to Director of Social Statistics in 1996. In 2004 he became the Director-General of Information Services and Librarian of the House of Commons.[3] He was the President of the Royal Statistical Society for 2013-14.[4][2]
In 2014, Pullinger was appointed to replace Dame Jil Matheson as the British National Statistician and the Permanent Secretary-graded Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority. As of 2015, Pullinger was paid a salary of between £150,000 and £154,999, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.[5]
Personal life
Pullinger was educated at Alleyn's School, Dulwich, the University of Exeter and Harvard Business School.[3][2] In the New Year Honours for 2014, Pullinger was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).[6]
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