Haishan Fu

Haishan Fu is the Chief Statistician of the World Bank and Director of the World Bank's Development Data Group.12 In this role, she leads and coordinates the development, standard-setting, and implementation of the World Bank's development data agenda.1 Her responsibilities include overseeing key data public goods such as World Development Indicators, Statistical Performance Indicators, and various data management services.1

Fu's career highlights include:

• Serving as a member of the UN Secretary General's Independent Expert Advisory Group on Data Revolution for Sustainable Development1
• Being a Council Member of the International Statistical Institute1
• Co-chairing the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities among over 45 UN and other international development agencies1

Prior to joining the World Bank in 2014, Fu held positions as:

• Director of the Statistics Division at UNESCAP
• Chief of Statistics of UNDP's Human Development Report
• Senior Research Associate at the Guttmacher Institute
• Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania1

Fu's educational background includes:

• Ph.D. in Demography from Princeton University
• B.A. in Economics from Peking University1

Her LinkedIn profile can be found under the username haishan-fu-2491912.3