Qualifications: BSc, MSc, PhD

Nationality: South Sudanese/South African/German

Previous positions held: Deputy Director-General, Methodology and Standards, Statistics South Africa. Executive Manager (Methodology and Standards, Business Register), Statistics South Africa; Director (Economic Statistics), Statistics South Africa; Senior Lecturer, University of the North (South Africa); Lecturer University of Zimbabwe; Lecturer, Bayero University, Kano/Nigeria; Senior Researcher University of Bremen, Germany.

Professional Positions: Vice President of the International Association of Survey Statisticians (2013-2015). Elected Member of the International Institute of Statistics (ISI), 2012; Executive Secretary of the World Statistics Congress, Durban 2009