Jennifer Banim
- Published on: 7 August 2024
- Last updated on: 7 August 2024

Jennifer Banim was appointed Director General of the CSO on 31st May 2024. She had been a member of the CSO’s Management Board since 2013 and before her appointment as Director General, was the Assistant Director General at the CSO responsible for Economic Statistics. Having joined the CSO as a Statistician in October 1991, Ms Banim has worked in a number of areas including Balance of Payments and Financial Statistics, Statistical Methodology, and Technology. Ms Banim is also currently co-chair of the Executive Board of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) High Level Group on the Modernisation of Statistics.
Jennifer studied at Dublin City University, graduating in 1989 with a BSc in Applied Mathematical Sciences and recently completed a Diploma in Strategy Development and Innovation at University College Dublin’s Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.
Jennifer is a Designated Public Official under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015: see www.lobbying.ie