Jon Hall,

Jon Hall has been leading the OECD's Global Project on Measuring the Progress of Societies since it began in 2005. He came to the OECD from the Australian Bureau of Statistics where he spent seven years, mainly leading a ground-breaking project to publish the first set of measures of Australia's progress, a publication that went on to top the Bulletin magazine's social category in their 'Smart 100' awards.

He has a degree in maths and a master’s degree in statistics from the UK and an executive masters in public service administration from the Australian and New Zealand School of Government. An Australian and British citizen, Jon has also worked for the British public service, for the World Food Program in Zambia and as a spectacularly unsuccessful house painter, security guard and waiter in the USA.

Jon is co-authoring a book for the OECD on measuring progress and another, in his spare time, on where to watch mammals around the world.