Insights and Statistics Group

Brenton Goldsworthy is the Deputy Australian Statistician leading the Insights and Statistics Group. The Insights and Statistics Group has responsibility for coordinating the end-to-end delivery of data services for our clients. This includes producing demographic, economic and social statistics, and the Census. 

Brenton joined the ABS in May 2023 from Treasury, where he held a number of roles including First Assistant Secretary of the Budget Policy Division, head of economic forecasting, and senior representative at the Australian Embassy in Tokyo. Brenton was also the First Assistant Secretary of the Economic Division at Prime Minister and Cabinet, where he supported the Government’s economic response to COVID-19. Brenton also worked at the International Monetary Fund during a 5-year period which included the Global Financial Crisis. Brenton holds a Masters of Economics from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours from the University of Adelaide.

Bindi Kindermann is a member of the ABS’ Executive Team, leading the People and Place Division. 

Bindi brings more than 15 years’ experience as a senior leader in the Australian Public Service and over 9 years at the senior executive level.  Bindi has a deep interest in the policy challenges facing Australia and a track record in modernising the public sector response to those challenges, particularly in relation to conceptual frameworks, change management, governance and data and digital approaches. 

Bindi was responsible for the successful delivery of the 2021 Census of Population and Housing at the Australian Bureau of Statistics.  The 2021 Census is commonly referred to as Australia’s largest peacetime exercise and online event, and the 2021 Census widely heralded as the most inclusive and accessible Census ever, achieving over a 95% response rate despite being undertaken during the delta COVID lockdowns.

Bindi has held several leadership roles at the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Department of Health and Aged Care, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, NSW Government, and the University of Canberra.

Julie Watkinson*

Program Manager
Health, Disability and Vital Statistics Branch

Bjorn Jarvis

Program Manager
Labour Statistics Branch

Sybille McKeown

Program Manager
Community, Wellbeing and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Statistics Branch

Sarah Hinde

Program Manager
Education and Crime Statistics Branch

Jacqui Vitas is the General Manager of The Economy and Environment Division.   She has held senior positions in economic statistics since 2010, including National Accounts, Balance of Payments, Financial Accounts, Public Finance, Labour statistics and business surveys.   

Prior to joining the ABS in 2016 Jacqui worked in the UK Office for National Statistics, on the 2001 Census, in the Methodology Division, in National Accounts, in Balance of Payments and broader economic statistics. 

Jacqui has extensive experience of economic statistics and business surveys, co-authoring (Jacqui Jones) 'Designing and Conducting Business Surveys', and co-editor of ‘Advances in Business Statistics Methods and Data Collection’.  She was previously involved in undertaking research to understand and measure business survey perceived response burden, co-editing the ‘Handbook for Monitoring and Evaluating Business Surveys Response Burdens’. 

Jacqui has a BA (Hons) in Social Policy Administration and an MSc in Social Research.

Mish Tan

Program Manager
Finance and Wealth Branch

Jonathon Khoo

Program Manager
Physical Environment Accounts and Statistics Branch

Tom Lay*

Program Manager
International Statistics Branch

Katherine Keenan

Program Manager
Production, Income and Expenditure Branch

Liz Williamson is the General Manager of the Prices and Transformation Division. In this role she is responsible for the production of all prices statistics and for leading the ABS’ key transformation program – Big Data, Timely Insights (BDTI).  BDTI is a significant investment in and transformation of the ABS’ data and digital capability and will allow the ABS to produce statistics and new insights using modern data and analytic tools in a scaled cloud environment. 

Liz joined the ABS in May 2022 from the Treasury, where she spent much of her career in roles across various economic, fiscal, international and regulatory policy areas, as well as her most recent role as the Chief Operating Officer. Liz has also worked as a Senior Executive in Prime Minister and Cabinet, in the Department of Finance and as a senior ministerial adviser to a former federal Treasurer. She holds a Masters in Government and Commercial Law from the Australian National University and a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the University of Western Australia.

Andrew Tomadini

Program Manager
Business Statistics Transformation Branch

Jason Atkinson*

Program Manager
Prices Transformation Branch

Michelle Marquardt

Program Manager
Prices Branch

Kayla McIntosh*

Program Manager
BDTI2 Program Director

Jenny Telford is the General Manager of the Census and Population Statistics Division. In this role, she oversees the design, planning, and execution of the 2026 Census, and the production of high-quality population statistics for Australia.

With over 25 years of experience in the public sector, Jenny has held various senior roles and is dedicated to delivering high-quality data to support informed decision-making across all aspects of the Australian economy and society.

Jenny played a key role in the leadership team during the planning and operation of the 2011 and 2016 Censuses, where she was responsible for program management, communications, data processing and quality assurance. She led numerous projects as part of a large-scale technology and business process transformation at the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This included the successful delivery of a new ABS website and the development of innovative solutions to enhance the production, discovery, access, and use of statistical data and information.

More recently, as the head of ABS communications, Jenny managed media and citizen engagement through various channels including social media, and a range of strategic communication initiatives.

Jenny holds a degree in IT and Business Management from Southern Cross University.

Mark Harding

Program Manager
Census Field Operations Branch

Denise Carlton

Program Manager
Population Statistics Branch

Annette Kelly

Program Manager
Census Data Operations Branch

*Individual is acting, temporary or contractor in this role