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Beating The Odds

Professor Helen Macgillivray, President of International Statistics Institute (ISI)

21-Aug-19 11:00

Beating The Odds

As the second woman to be the president of International Statistics Institute in its 130 years of history, Professor Helen Macgillivray discusses how she started dedicating her life to the world of statistics, and her involvement and organisation of the 62nd World Statistics Congress this year.

Produced by: Freda Liu

Presented by: Freda Liu


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Categories:  Personal Finance,  Investments,  Financial Literacy,  Young Finance,  Personal Development,  Entrepreneurship

Tags:  statistics,  female leadership,  female empowerment,  62nd ISI World Statistics Congress, 


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