Martine Durand

• Director and Chief Statistician, Statistics Directorate
  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Graduate in Mathematics, Statistics and Economics, Paris VI University, Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique. Formerly with French research and consultancy institute. With OECD: 1983, Economist, Economics Department; 1991, Senior Economist; 1994-97, responsible for preparing assessments of economic and policy developments in member countries; 1997, counsellor to Chief Economist; 2001, Deputy Head, Secretary-General's Private Office; Deputy Director, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, responsible for work on policies of employment, training, social, health and international migration; since 2010, current positions, responsible for providing strategic orientation for statistical policy, work on measurement of well-being and progress of societies.