Tjin-A-Tsoi new Director General  of Statistics Netherlands

On Friday 24 January 2014 the Cabinet has adopted the proposal by the Minister of Economic Affairs, Mr Kamp, and the Central Commission for Statistics  to appoint Dr. T.B.P.M. (Tjark) Tjin-A-Tsoi as Director General of Statistics Netherlands as of 1 April 2014.

Mr. Tjin-A-Tsoi will succeed Mr. G. (Gosse) van der Veen, who was Director General of Statistics Netherlands from 2004 to 2014. Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi (1966) is currently the General  Director of the Netherlands Forensic Institute. Before this he worked amongst others as the Director of the Competition Department at the Netherlands Competition Authority and in various positions at Ernst & Young, Rabobank and Shell. Mr. Tjin-A-Tsoi graduated and received his PhD in theoretical physics at the University of  Amsterdam.

Statistics Netherlands is an independent knowledge institute publishing reliable and coherent statistical information  that meets the needs of society. The information includes a multitude of socially relevant aspects ranging from macro-economic indicators such as economic growth and consumer prices to the incomes of individuals and households. The products of Statistics Netherlands are used intensively, amongst others in determining and evaluating policies and in pointing out social trends.