Bio
Anil Arora has dedicated his professional career to partnering with the business sector, academia and all orders of government. He was appointed chief statistician of Canada in September 2016. In this role, he led the modernization of Statistic Canada’s digital governance, technical and data infrastructure. He also co-authored and helped steer the Government of Canada’s data strategy.
Anil has advised CEOs, prime ministers, cabinet ministers, premiers and deputy ministers, and led business missions internationally. With significant experience in the private and public sectors, as well as in leading influential international fora, he has helped shape the data and digital landscape domestically and globally.
Anil has led large and complex organizations with multi-billion-dollar budgets and tens of thousands of employees, earning numerous accolades, including being named Outstanding Innovator (2023), and one of the Top 25 Immigrants in Canada (2022). He holds a B.Sc. from the University of Alberta and is a graduate of both the Certificate Program in Public Sector Leadership and Governance from the University of Ottawa and the Advanced Leadership Program at the Canada School of Public Service. He teaches a course on digital governance at Harvard’s Kennedy School.