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Singapore Trade Office in Taipei

Foo Teow Lee

Biographical summary of Ms Foo Teow Lee, Trade Representative of the Trade Office of Singapore in Tapei.

Last updated 5 February 2026
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Ms Foo Teow Lee is currently Singapore’s Trade Representative in Taipei.  Prior to her current appointment, she was Singapore’s Ambassador to the French Republic, with concurrent accreditation to the Portuguese Republic from October 2021 to December 2025. She was also Singapore’s Consul-General in Hong Kong from November 2016 to June 2021.

Ms Foo joined the Singapore Foreign Service in 1995. She has worked in various capacities in the Ministry on issues covering International Economics, Northeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific and Southeast Asia. She also served two tours at the Singapore Embassy in Beijing, as First Secretary from 1998 to 2002 and Counsellor (Political) and then Deputy Chief of Mission from 2005 to 2011. Ms Foo was Director-General in the Southeast Asia II Directorate from 2012 to 2016 and concurrently Vice Dean (Academic) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic Academy from 2013 to 2015, and Dean in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic Academy from 2015 to 2016.

Ms Foo graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (Honours) in 1994. She obtained her Master of Arts in Regional Studies in East Asia from Harvard University in 2003 under a Ministry of Foreign Affairs scholarship. Ms Foo was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) by the Singapore Government in 2021.

Ms Foo is married to Mr Lau Teck Sien and they have two daughters.