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Birgitte Anker

Birgitte Anker

Photograph by Martin Sylvest

Birgitte Anker, Director General

Tel. job: +45 39 17 39 01

bia@dst.dk

Born

16 October 1963

Education

Master of Science (MSc) in Economics, University of Copenhagen, 1991

 

Employment

2020 - Director General, Statistics Denmark
2015 - 2020 Director, National Board of Social Services
2015 - 2015 Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance
2011 - 2015 Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Interior
2009 - 2011 Deputy Permanent Secretary of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs
2005 - 2009 Head of Division, Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs
1998 - 2005 Head of Analysis, Confederation of Danish Employers
1994 - 1998 Consultant, Confederation of Danish Employers
1991 - 1994 Head of Section, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs

Assignments

2020 - Examiner at the Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen
2020 - Marshall Fellow
2020 - Board member of the Danish Economic Society 
2009 - 2015 Board member of the Annual Danish Aggregate Model (ADAM), the Danish Research institute for Economic Analysis and Modelling (DREAM)
and the Economic Policy Research Network (EPRN)
2009 - 2015 Member of the following OECD committees: EPC, EDRC and NAEC
2005 - 2008 Member of EU’s Economic Policy Committee (EPC)