Lars Thygesen
Thygesen Statistics Consulting
International Consultant on Official Statistics
I am an independant consultant and have been advising top management of National Statistical Institutes of 25+ countries since 1992.
MY RESUME

Professional
info
Experience as senior executive in Statistics Denmark and the OECD.
Experience as a high level international consultant to senior management in statistical organisations in a large number of countries
Skills
Management of a statistical organisation
Statistics strategy
Statistics and censuses based on administrative records
Statistical Methodology
IT and dissemination strategy
Standards, quality and metadata
I can assist you with
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tailored training courses
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review and advice of your practice
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strategy proposals
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feasibility studies
Work
experience
Independent consultant on Official Statistics
2015 -
Statistics Denmark: Director of Sales & Marketing
2009 - 2015
Responsible for all paid services of Statistics Denmark including social surveys, research services on micro data, and international consulting. Also responsible for methodology, metadata and quality.
OECD: Statistics Directorate, Head of Statistical Information Management and Support
2003 - 2009
Development of statistical databases, the OECD Factbook, SDMX, etc.
Statistics Denmark: Director of IT, Dissemination and Methodology
1995 - 2003
Development of strategy of IT and dissemination. Developed research services offering advanced micro data services with remote access for the research community.
Statistics Denmark: Director of Social Statistics
1987 - 1995
Developed statistical system based on administrative registers.
Statistics Denmark: Head of division
1979 - 1987
Developed statistical system based on administrative registers.
Statistics Denmark: Statistician
1970 - 1979
Multiple tasks in IT, survey methodology and statistics development
University of Copenhagen: Associate Professor of Statistics
1974 - 1987

Languages
English
French
German
Danish
Education
University of Copenhagen. Master of Economics (Cand. polit.)
1970