Marko Rissanen, a Finnish national, is a Senior Statistician at the World Bank Development Data Group in Washington, DC. Since joining the Bank in 2011, he has worked extensively on the International Comparison Program (ICP) and statistical capacity building, and researched new innovative solutions and methods for data collection and visualization. Prior to joining the World Bank, he worked for six years in the Economic and Environmental Statistics Unit at the Statistic Finland. Marko holds a Master’s degree from University of Helsinki.