Carmen Alcaide Guindo,

Carmen Alcaide Guindo,
President, Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Spain

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Economic and Business Studies from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid (UCM).

Master’s degree in Business Management from the IESE Universidad de  Navarra in 1995.

Professional record:

Worked for a year in National Statistical Institute before entering the Banco de Bilbao Research Department in 1969.   

From 1974 to 1983: Lecturer on Statistics Applied to Social Sciences in the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology, Universidad Complutense of Madrid.

From 1991 to 1996:  Lecturer in the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid, in charge of Spanish Economy course.

From 1993 to 1996, Director of Economic Trend and Macroeconomic in the Research Department of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya (BBV).

In 1997 appointed Director of Market Analysis, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya (BBV).

From January 1998 to June 2000: Director of the Research Department of the Official Credit Institute (Instituto de Crédito Oficial).

Before being appointed President of INE, weekly collaboration with the Sunday Supplement ‘Business’ of the newspaper ‘El País’, in the National Economic Trend section.

Currently, President of the National Statistical Institute as from 1 July 2000. Appointment  by Royal Decree 1297/2000, June 30 th.

On November 17, 2006 became a member of the Academy of Social Sciences and Environment of Andalusia.

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Quotes

Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD

"Measuring whether life is getting better is one of the most important roles the OECD can take on".

Mamphela Ramphele, Co-chair, Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM)

"The measurement of anything that is of importance elevates its importance".

Kemal Dervis, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP

"World GDP growth has been faster than it has been for a very long time. But people are not particularly happy".

François Bourguignon, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank

"Progress indicators are a way for people to hold their governments accountable".