Lawrence Jeff Johnson

Lawrence Jeff Johnson was appointed as Deputy Director (Research) at the D1 Level effect from November 2015.  Prior to his appointment as Deputy Director, he severed as the Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines from June 2010 to October 2015. During his 5-year term, the ILO provided technical support, which contributed to the Philippine Development Plan and the Philippine Labor and Employment Plan, focusing on decent work to achieve sustainable and inclusive growth.

Between 1998 and 2010, Mr Johnson served as the Chief of the ILO Employment Trends in Geneva Switzerland. The team was responsible for delivering ILO’s flagship reports, which included the Global Employment Trends, Key Indicators of the Labour Market, the World Employment Report and specialized reports on vulnerable groups such as women and youth. 

During his tenure with the ILO he contributed to publications outside the ILO such as the World Bank’s World Development Indicators Report and the UN’s Millennium Development Goals Report. He served as one of the principal advisors on issues relating to labour market analysis and policy support to member States in in Africa, Central America, the Caribbean, East Asia, South East Asia, Eastern and Central Europe, the Middle East as well as in OECD countries. He also served on a number of international advisory panels - the United Nation’s International Expert and Advisory Group for the MDGs, UN Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development Indicators Task Force and the World Bank/ILO Job’s Watch Initiative. One of his major accomplishments was the adoption in 2005 of the goal on full, decent and productive employment under the Millennium Development Goals through the United Nations Inter-Agency Expert Group.

Between 1987 and 1997, Mr Johnson held positions as Labour Market Economist and Manager with the United States Department of Labor in Washington DC. 

Mr. Johnson holds advance degrees with honours in Economic with focus on Labour and Econometrics.