Institute of Public Administration Australia (ACT) Limited

Dr David Gruen AO was appointed Australian Statistician on 11 December 2019. David was previously Deputy Secretary, Economic Division and Australia’s G20 Sherpa at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Before joining the Department in September 2014, he was Executive Director of the Macroeconomic Group at the Australian Treasury. David also worked as a research scientist in the Research School of Physical Sciences at the Australian National University.

David holds PhD degrees in physiology from Cambridge University, England and in economics from the Australian National University.

David was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (General Division) in 2022 for distinguished service to public administration, to economic research, to business, and to education.