Mr Michael Pace Ross has been appointed Director General of the National Statistics
Office (NSO) with effect from Wednesday, 5 November 2008.

Mr Pace Ross joined the NSO in 1998. In his initial years, he actively formed part of a team which transformed Malta’s National Accounts system from one based on the System of National Accounts (SNA) of 1954 to the European System of Accounts (ESA 1995).

In 2005, Mr Pace Ross was promoted to Manager of the National Accounts Unit.

He had a leading role in the public dissemination of the sources and methods used in the compilation of Gross National Income (GNI) and in the introduction of institutional sector accounts. Later on, he was given the responsibility for the supervision and coordination of the Economic Statistics Division. Throughout the years, he represented the NSO on various international technical committees and working groups including the
Committee on Monetary, Financial and Balance of Payments Statistics (CMFB) and the GNI Committee.

He takes over from Mr Reno Camilleri, who is Acting Director General of the NSO.