Ashwell Jenneker

Mr Ashwell Jenneker has been deputy director-general in Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) since 2008. He has a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics and a higher diploma in education from the University of Western Cape.

Mr Jenneker’s cluster at Stats SA serves to optimise the use of technology in the production and use of official statistics, to promote and provide better access to official statistics, and to support the production and use of official statistics.

Mr Jenneker started his career at Stats SA in 1998 as a statistical training officer before progressing to the position of deputy director of marketing, and acting director of communication for the Census 2001

He also served as executive manager of Statistical Information Services and executive manager of the Data Management and Information Delivery Project before his DDG appointment.