The Statistics New Zealand Governance Board
Statistics New Zealand is structured into seven organisational groups, each with a number of divisions. The groups are governed by the Statistics New Zealand Board.
View our organisation chart – 
Statistics New Zealand organisational chart, (PDF, 139KB).
The Statistics New Zealand Board consists of the Government Statistician, Geoff Bascand, and seven Deputy Government Statisticians. The board replaced the Corporate Management Committee in December 2007.
The board’s role is to provide strengthened leadership, connections and communication for Statistics New Zealand. This is to support Statistics New Zealand’s mission statement, to turn data into relevant knowledge efficiently.
The Deputy Government Statisticians
Collections and Dissemination – Patrick Ng
Industry and Labour Statistics – Andrew Hunter
Macro-Economic and Environment Statistics – Dallas Welch
Organisation Development – Graham Baker
Organisation Direction – Clare Ward
Social and Population Statistics – Cathryn Ashley-Jones
Standards and Methods – Vince Galvin
Deputy Government Statistician – Collections & Dissemination
Patrick Ng
Patrick Ng joined Statistics New Zealand in 2007, and has held commercial, operational and general management roles with SITEL, ExxonMobil, Unisys and IBM. He has managed teams of between 100 and 400 people in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines, as well as in New Zealand.
Patrick’s most recent role was Vice President of Utilities with SITEL, and he was awarded Site Director of the Year for SITEL in Asia Pacific and Latin America in 2005.
Patrick has a MA, a BCA in accounting and commercial law, a BA in economics, and is working on a doctorate in business administration. Patrick is a member of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Directors in New Zealand.
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Deputy Government Statistician – Industry and Labour Statistics
Andrew Hunter
Andrew Hunter first joined Statistics New Zealand in 1991 as a social statistics analyst. In 1995, he worked as a senior planner for Christchurch City Council, and returned to Statistics New Zealand as a senior economic statistician in 1997. Since that time he has led the development and delivery of a broad range of statistical information in industry and labour statistics, including project managing the Linked Employer-Employee Dataset.
Before his current role, Andrew was General Manager of Statistics New Zealand Christchurch and Manager of Business, Financial and Structural Statistics.
He has a BCom (Hons) in economics and is a member of the New Zealand Association of Economists.
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Deputy Government Statistician – Macro-economic, Environment, Regional and Geography Statistics
Dallas Welch
Dallas Welch joined Statistics New Zealand in 1983, progressing from an assistant research officer in Price Index Development to Deputy Government Statistician of Industry and Labour Statistics in 2006–07. Dallas was Acting Government Statistician from March to May 2007.
Prior to this role, Dallas has been Deputy Government Statistician of Social and Population Statistics, Acting General Manager of Corporate Services, and General Manager at Statistics New Zealand Christchurch. Other roles include General Manager of the Transition Programme, Group Manager of Information and Technology Services, and Acting General Manager of Statistical and Methodology Services.
Dallas has a MCom (Hons) in Economics and a teaching diploma (with distinction). She is a member of the New Zealand Association of Economists and the Population Association of New Zealand.
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Deputy Government Statistician – Organisation Development
Graham Baker
Graham Baker joined Statistics New Zealand in 2007 bringing substantial experience in both corporate services and operational service delivery roles as a senior public sector manager.
Graham’s previous position was Assistant Auditor-General at the Office of the Controller and Auditor-General. Prior to that, he was Group Manager of Service Delivery at Immigration New Zealand from 2005 to 2006, and Regional Manager for New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific from 2004 to 2005. Other roles include Corporate Services Manager with Occupational Safety and Health and the Department of Labour, as well as time at Career Services as Corporate Services Manager and Group Manager Service Delivery (National Operations).
Graham has a MEd in Guidance and Counselling, a BA in Education and a teaching diploma (endorsed in special education). He was a Fulbright study tour participant in 1995, and was offered a Winston Churchill Fellowship in 2000.
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Deputy Government Statistician – Organisation Direction
Clare Ward
Clare Ward joined Statistics New Zealand in 2007 bringing experience in strategy, policy, research and programme development, and responsibility as an operational public sector manager.
Clare has most recently been contracting to the Ministry of Social Development on skill and labour market issues. Prior to that she was Group Manager of Steering and Investment at the Tertiary Education Commission. Other roles include Chief Adviser of Policy, Planning and Monitoring in the Ministry of Housing, Manager of Research and Strategy, and Business, Research and Programme Development Manager with Housing New Zealand.
Clare has a BA (Hons) in geography and a MSc (with distinction) in social research methods. She has held social science, research and information positions in universities and local government.
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Deputy Government Statistician – Social and Population Statistics
Cathryn Ashley-Jones
Cathryn Ashley-Jones joined Statistics New Zealand in 2004, following a role at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet as advisor to the prime minister on health issues.
Cathryn began her career in economic research, working for the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research and then for Business and Economic Research Limited. At the New Zealand Treasury, Cathryn worked on projects including financial monitoring and ownership issues, and Treaty of Waitangi claim settlement policy and negotiations. Following a major restructuring of the health sector, Cathryn joined the Ministry of Health, and as Assistant General Manager she was responsible for strategic advice on long-term funding and health services policy issues. In 1998, Cathryn was awarded a Management Development Centre Fellowship and attended the Stanford University Executive Program.
Cathryn has a BSc in Mathematics and a BA (Hons) in economics.
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Deputy Government Statistician – Standards & Methods
Vince Galvin
Vince Galvin first joined Statistics New Zealand in 1982 as a research officer in Survey Design. He has held senior analytical roles in Survey Methods and Analytical Support. From 1987 to 1990, he became a researcher with the Royal Commission on Social Policy, before going to London where he was a senior assistant statistician at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Vince’s most recent role was General Manager of Statistical Methods. Prior to this, he has been General Manager of Strategy and Communications, General Manager of Statistics New Zealand Auckland, and Chief Economist of Inflation Measures. Vince also spent time with the Australian Bureau of Statistics, from 1996 to 1998, as Programme Manager of Productivity Statistics and as Director of Consumer Price Indexes.
Vince has a BSc (Hons) in mathematics and a diploma of social science (with distinction) in economics. He is a member of the New Zealand Statistical Association, the New Zealand Association of Economists, and the Leadership Development Centre’s Executive Leadership Programme.