Mr. Eric TEO has been the Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to the Republic of Korea (ROK) since August 2019. Mr. Teo was the Director-General of the Northeast Asia Directorate in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Singapore, from 2014 to 2019. In this position, he was involved in the organization of the historic summit meeting between US President Donald Trump and DPRK State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong Un in Singapore in June 2018 and (ii) the historic cross-strait meeting between Mr. Xi Jinping and Mr. Ma Ying-jeou in Singapore in November 2015. Mr. Teo was Deputy Head of Mission at the Singapore Embassy in Beijing from 2011 to 2014. From 2007 to 2010, Mr. Teo served as Deputy Trade Representative at the Singapore Trade Office in Taipei. From 1999 to 2002, he served as First Secretary (Political) at the Singapore Embassy in Tokyo. Mr. Teo joined the Singapore Foreign Service in 1996 and has held several appointments in MFA’s ASEAN Directorate and Northeast Asia Directorate. Mr. Teo graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Arts (Upper Honors) Degree in 1996. In 2005, he obtained a Master's Degree in International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University, USA. He attended an Executive Programme at the Peking University, China, in 2010. Mr. Teo was awarded the Public Service Administration Medal (Silver) by the Singapore Government in August 2019. In December 2020, he was awarded the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit (First Class) Gwanghwa Medal by the ROK government.