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Christian Phillpus

Windhoek

Summary

Principal Economist: Real Sector and Public Finance Seasoned Economist with extensive experience in economic policy research, data collection, compilation and analyses of statistical data on real sector, fiscal sector, and monetary and financial statistics, proven history of effectively managing economists and researchers as well as data administration. Three (3) years of effective full time remote work experience.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Principal Economist

Real, Bank of Namibia
06.2019 - 03.2023
  • Co-ordinated and supervised the administration of the real sector data, public finance, include designed relevant surveys, checked and verified the correctness of data collection, compilation and analyses and follow up on outstanding data issues
  • Supervised and ensured capturing of high representation of the surveyed population through applying proper sampling methodology and provide comprehensive estimation methods for under-coverage and omitted data
  • Negotiated needed statistics for surveys with data respondents in the market and ensure that all relevant data are available, to ensure the quality, correctness and the accuracy of the domestic economic data so that decisions are based on the right evidence
  • Overseed the preparation of the real sector and public finance section in the monetary policy committee, and board reports, quarterly bulletins reports, annual reports and any other economic reports as requested from time to time
  • Coordinated the monetary policy committee, board and annual (economic) Reports
  • Ensured the compilation and dissemination of monthly statistics on real sector and public finance and ensured that external and internal data requests are attended to on time.

Senior Economist

Bank of Namibia
05.2015 - 05.2019
  • Co-ordinated and supervised the administration of the real sector data, public finance, monetary and financial statistics, include designed of relevant surveys, checked and verified the correctness of data collection, compilation and analyses and followed up on outstanding data issues
  • Supervised and ensured capturing of high representation of the surveyed population through applying proper sampling methodology and provide comprehensive estimation methods for under-coverage and omitted data
  • Negotiated needed statistics for surveys with respondents in the market and ensured that all relevant data are available, to ensure the quality, correctness and the accuracy of the domestic economic data so that decisions are based on the right evidence
  • Overseed the preparation of the monetary and financial statistics, public finance and real sector sections in the monetary policy committee and board reports, quarterly bulletins, annual reports and any other economic reports as requested from time to time
  • Coordinate the monetary policy committee, board and annual (economic) reports
  • Ensured the compilation and dissemination of monthly statistics on domestic economy and ensured that external and internal data requests are attended to on time.

Economist

Bank of Namibia
01.2009 - 04.2015
  • Collected, edited, compiled and analysed data on, primary, secondary and tertiary industries, labour statistics and prepared contribution the to the Bank of Namibia statutory publications such as quarterly bulletin, annual report, the Board and Monetary Policy Committee’s economic reports.

Economist

Bank of Namibia
11.2006 - 12.2008
  • Tracked macroeconomic policy developments in Namibia, with special focus on fiscal policy issues
  • Conducted policy-oriented research in macroeconomics to feed the formulation of policies
  • Collected data, processed and collated in line with specific research requirements on the above areas
  • Contributed to the preparation of the statutory publications of the Bank of Namibia, viz, the annual and quarterly reports
  • Performed any other duties assigned by the Bank of Namibia from time to time.

Education

Master’s degree - Economic Sciences, International Economics

Corvinus University of Budapest

Certificate, Hungarian language - undefined

International Preparatory Institute

Skills

  • SKILLS SUMMARY
  • Research, analytical thinking, project management, managing employees’ performance, impact and influence, quality management, achievement focus, collaborative, digital communication, digital literacy, verbal and written communication, ability to negotiate, data literacy, critical thinking, judgment and decision making, emotional intelligence, creativity, interpersonal communication, remote work as well as analytical
  • REMOTE WORK EXPERIENCE
  • Gained strong remote working skills and digital communication skills Three (3) years’ experience working from home (remote) full time, managed a distributed team both in office and remote Acquired experience in remote working tools such as Microsoft (Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint), Zoom, Skype, GoToWebinar, Cisco WebEx, VMware tools (virtual machine) Ability to schedule meetings with distributed teams both in office and remote as well stakeholders and clients of which some are outside the duty station
  • TECHNOLOGY SKILLS
  • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), CS-DRMS (Commonwealth Secretariat - Debt Recording Management System), FileMaker-Pro and Eviews (Econometrics Views)

Timeline

Principal Economist

Real, Bank of Namibia
06.2019 - 03.2023

Senior Economist

Bank of Namibia
05.2015 - 05.2019

Economist

Bank of Namibia
01.2009 - 04.2015

Economist

Bank of Namibia
11.2006 - 12.2008

Master’s degree - Economic Sciences, International Economics

Corvinus University of Budapest

Certificate, Hungarian language - undefined

International Preparatory Institute
Christian Phillpus