Ken C.K. Chen
Education:
June 2007: Master, Dept. of Public Administration, Ming-Chuang University
June 1984: Bachelor of Science, Dept. Chemical Engineering, Tamkang University
Experienced:
March 2020 –
Director, Taipei Customs, Customs Administration, MOF
July 2019 – March 2020
Deputy Director, Kaohsiung Customs, Customs Administration, MOF
January 2018 – July 2019
Deputy Director, Taichung Customs, Customs Administration, MOF
August 2016 – January 2018
Chief Secretary, Customs Administration, MOF
August 2015 – August 2016
Director, Department of Planning, Customs Administration, MOF
January 2010 – August 2015
Counsellor – Taiwan Mission to the WTO
In charge of Trade Facilitation Negotiation; Customs related issues; Balance of Payment Restriction, and ‘Trade, Debt and Finance’ issues
August 2008 – January 2010
Assistant Director-General, Department of Customs Administration, MOF
March 1998 – August 2008
Specialist and Section Chief, Department of Customs Administration, MOF
September 1982 – January 1997
Department of Customs Valuation, Inspectorate General of Customs, MOF
Experiences:
Facilitator for WTO Trade Facilitation Needs Assessment 2013-2014
Invited by the WTO as Customs Expert to facilitate the TF Self-Assessment of Needs and Priorities of WTO Members: Viet Nam (April 2013), GCC/Oman (January 2014), and Tanzania (March 2014)
Chairman of the Committee on Rules of Origin, 2014
Fulfilled the first implementation of Bali Ministerial Decision on ‘Review and Report of Preferential ROO for the LDCs’
Alternate Member of the WTO Pension Plan Management Board, 2012-2015
Special Awards:
September 2016 and December 1991, respectively
Awarded as one of the Model Civil Servants of the Year, Ministry of Finance
Contact point:Personnel Office
TEL:(03)3834265 ext 520