Biographies of the Commissioners
 
Mr. Roberto HAM CHANDE
 

BSc in Actuarial Science, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. MSc in Mathematical Statistics, Centro Interamericano de Enseñanza de Estadística, Santiago, Chile. MSc, Department of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State University, and PhD in Demography, Université de Paris, Nanterre (highest honors). Former positions include being an Actuary for the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) and for the Institute of Social Security for Public Employees (ISSSTE); Chairperson of the Department of Population and Urban Studies of El Colegio de México. Now full Professor of the Department of Population Studies, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte. Visiting Researcher at the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (Austria), International Institute on Ageing (Malta), Institut National d´Etudes Démographiques (France), Universidad de Murcia (Spain), University Center on Aging, San Diego State University, Northwestern University (USA).

Has over 100 publications including books, chapters and articles published in USA, France, Belgium, Malta, Austria, Japan, India, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Mexico. Besides publications in Spanish and English, his books have been translated into French, Japanese and Portuguese. Awarded Fullbright Fellowship. National Award on Demography 2009 from the Presidency of Mexico.