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Mr. António Rua, President of the National Statistics Institute of Portugal (Instituto Nacional de Estatística – INE)

Mr. António Rua, President of the National Statistics Institute of Portugal (Instituto Nacional de Estatística – INE)

PhD in Economics from the Technical University of Lisbon, Master’s degree in Economics from Nova School of Business and Economics, and Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Nova School of Business and Economics. President of Statistics Portugal since November 2024. From 2014 to 2024, he was Chair of the Working Group for the Development of Macroeconomic Statistics of the Statistical Council. From 1999 to 2024, he worked in the Economics and Research Department of the Banco de Portugal, serving as Head of Unit in the Portuguese Economic Division from 2006 to 2024. Visiting Associate Professor at the Nova School of Business and Economics and Visiting Professor at Católica Porto Business School. He was also a Visiting Associate Professor at ISCTE Business School. From 2022 to 2024, he was a member of the Steering Committee of the Euro Area Business Cycle Network in collaboration with the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Author of numerous research articles published in international scientific journals.
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Ms. Lidija Brković, Director-General of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics

Ms. Mariana Kotzeva, Director-General of Eurostat

Mr. Tonči Glavina, Minister of Tourism and Sport of the Republic of Croatia

Mr. Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity; Implementation and Simplification

Ms. Maja Bakran Marcich, Deputy Director-General of Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) of the European Commission

Mr. Athanasios C. Thanopoulos, President of the Hellenic Statistical Authority

Mr. Sergio Guerreiro, Senior Director for Strategy & Knowledge Management at Turismo de Portugal, Chair of OECD Tourism Committee

Mr. Marek Cierpiał-Wolan, President of Statistics Poland

Mr. Christophe Demunter, Eurostat

Ms. Elena Manzanera Díaz, President of the National Statistics Institute of Spain

Ms. Apolonija Oblak Flander, Director-General of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia

Ms. Inga Masiulaitytė-Šukevič, Deputy Director General of Statistics Lithuania

Ms. Clara van der Pol, Director a.i., Statistics, Standards and Data Department of UN Tourism

Mr. Markus Sovala, Director-General of Statistics Finland

Mr. Peter Laimer, Head of Tourism Statistics at Statistics Austria, Co‑chair of UN Tourism Committee on Statistics

Mr. Marek Rojíček, President of the Czech Statistical Office

Mr. Francesco Maria Chelli, President of the Italian National Institute of Statistics

Ms. Ann Carton, Coordinator network Statistics Flanders, Flanders Statistics Authority

Mr. Raimonds Lapiņš, Director-General, Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia

Mr. Nadim Ahmad, Deputy Director at the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE)

Mr. Daniel Vorgrimler, Head of Department Strategy and Planning, International Relations, Research and Communication, German Federal Statistical Office

Mr. Damir Krešić, Director of the Croatian Institute for Tourism

Mr. Etienne Caruana, Director-General, National Statistics Office of Malta

Mr. Geir Axelsen, Director-General of Statistics Norway

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