Oliver Chinganya is Chairperson of the Board of Directors at the Zambia Statistical Agency and Co-Chair of the Advisory Board for Digital Earth Africa. He was recently appointed as Senior Advisor at the International Growth Center (IGC) at London School of Economics (LSE). Until January 2025, he served as Director of the African Centre for Statistics and Chief Statistician at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and until October 2025, he was Vice President of the International Statistical Institute. He is a leading authority in statistical development and economic policy, a Fellow, Chartered Statistician, and Chartered Scientist of the Royal Statistical Society (UK) Oliver is recognized for advancing statistical capacity and driving digital innovation across Africa. He founded the Data Science Campus at UNECA and co-established the UNECA Digital Centre for Excellence. His career also includes senior roles with the African Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Zambia Statistical Office. He sits on a Expert Panel for the Ibrahim Index of African Governance and serves on several prominent international expert panels and boards.