Download BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY Mr Jacky Foo is the Consul

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Mr Jacky Foo is the Consul-General of Singapore to Hong Kong.
Mr Foo served as Singapore’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany from
2009 to 2012 immediately prior to arriving in Hong Kong. He was also Singapore’s
Ambassador to the Philippines from 1999 to 2002. Before his posting to Germany, Mr Foo
was the Director-General for ASEAN in the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs, working on
ASEAN integration issues including the conclusion of the ASEAN Charter. Mr Foo headed the
International Economics Directorate of the Singapore Foreign Ministry working on the WTO
Doha Round from 2003 to 2005 and served as Chief Negotiator for the Singapore-Jordan FTA.
Mr Foo’s first overseas posting was at the Singapore Commercial Representative’s Office in
Beijing in 1988 where he was part of the team which negotiated the establishment of
diplomatic relations between Singapore and China. He subsequently served as First
Secretary at the Singapore Embassy in Beijing from 1990 to 1991. Mr Foo has previously
headed the Ministry’s Policy, Planning and Analysis Directorate III which covered East Asia
and Australasia. He also also served as Director of the Technical Cooperation Directorate
overseeing the Singapore Cooperation Programme, and Director of the Corporate Affairs
Directorate in the Singapore Foreign Ministry.
Mr Foo completed his secondary and pre-university education at Raffles Institution
and National Junior College respectively in Singapore. A Singapore Government Overseas
Merit Scholar, he graduated with an honours degree in Economics Tripos from Cambridge
University in 1982. He later obtained a Master of Arts degree from Harvard University in
1995 on a Fulbright Scholarship.
Mr Foo was awarded Singapore’s Public Administration Gold Medal in 2008.
Mr Foo represented Singapore in bridge in 1985. He plays golf, tennis and table
tennis. Mr Foo is married to Dr Su Yumian and they have two children.
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Jan 2013