Dr Juan Daniel Oviedo was appointed as Chief Director Statistician of Colombia August 2018, and as such he is the General Director of the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE), the National Statistics Office of Colombia. He has international professional experience in economic consulting for energy markets, and national experience in government and teaching. Previously, he was the Director of Institutional Planning and Research (2016-2018) and Director of the PhD School of Economics (2013-2016) at the Universidad del Rosario of Bogotá. In addition, he was the Founding Partner and Chief Director of LEICO Consultores (2011-2018), a leading consulting firm which provided expert advice for the private and public sector in regulated industries in Colombia and Latin America. He has held a permanent academic position at Universidad del Rosario of Bogotá (Colombia) since 2005. Juan has a PhD in economics from the University of Toulouse I (France) and a BA in economics from the Universidad del Rosario of Bogotá (Colombia).