David Gruen (economist)

David William Gruen AO FASSA (born 31 August 1954) is an Australian statistician and mathematician. He is the current Australian Statistician at the Australian Bureau of Statistics serving since 11 December 2019. He previously served as Deputy Secretary, Economic and Australia's G20 Sherpa at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. He previously held office as the executive director of the Macroeconomic group of Australian Treasury and was the head of the Economic Research Department of the Reserve Bank of Australia from 1998 to 2002.^[1][2]

Dr. David Gruen AO FASSA
15th Australian Statistician
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 December 2019
Appointed by	Scott Morrison
Monarchs	Elizabeth II Charles III
Preceded by	David Kalisch
Personal details
Born	David William Gruen (1954-08-31) 31 August 1954 (age 70) Sydney, Australia
Children	1
Parent	Fred Gruen
Education	Monash University, University of Cambridge, The Australian National University[citation needed]
Profession	Statistician, mathematician
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Gruen was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2022 Australia Day Honours.^[3] He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 2023.^[4]