John Pullinger
John James Pullinger CB (born 1 June 1959) was the National Statistician for the United Kingdom, serving in this role from 1 July 2014 until retiring on 30 June 2019.[1][2] He was succeeded on an interim basis by Deputy National Statistician Jonathan Athow,[3] and by Sir Ian Diamond on a permanent basis from October 2019.[4]
John James Pullinger | |
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UK National Statistician | |
In office 1 July 2014 – 30 June 2019 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron Theresa May |
Minister for the Cabinet Office | Francis Maude Matthew Hancock Ben Gummer Damian Green David Lidington Oliver Dowden |
Preceded by | Dame Jil Matheson |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 June 1959 |
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.[5] He was the President of the Royal Statistical Society for 2013–14.[6][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.[7]
Education and Honours
Pullinger was educated at Alleyn's School, Dulwich, the University of Exeter and Harvard Business School.[5][2] In the New Year Honours for 2014, Pullinger was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).[8]
In July 2016, Pullinger was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Exeter for outstanding achievements in the field of statistics.
References
- Spence, Peter (12 May 2014). "Meet John Pullinger: The UK's new national statistician". City A.M. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- A & C Black (2015). PULLINGER, John James. Who's Who 2016 (online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- "Announcement of an interim National Statistician". UK Statistics Authority. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- "Ian Diamond appointed as UK's National Statistician". UK Statistics Authority. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- "New president takes over" (PDF). RSS News. 41 (1). Royal Statistical Society. February 2013. pp. 1 & 3.
- "John Pullinger - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- "Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- "The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60728 p.1". 31 December 2013.
Academic offices | ||
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Preceded by Valerie Isham |
President, Royal Statistical Society 2013–14 |
Succeeded by Peter Diggle |
Government offices | ||
Preceded by Dame Jil Matheson |
National Statistician July 2014–June 2019 |
Succeeded by Sir Ian Diamond |