Synopsis
Join our exclusive fireside chat with H.E. Artis Bertulis, the EU’s new Ambassador to Singapore, and Mr Philipp Dupuis, Head of the Economic and Trade Section, jointly organised by EuroCham Singapore and the EU-ASEAN Business Council. Moderated by Mr Jens Rübbert, President of EuroCham Singapore and Chairman of the EU-ABC, this members-only session will explore the EU’s priorities in Singapore and ASEAN, and what lies ahead for EU-Singapore trade and investment relations.
Programme
09.00 am Registration
09.30 am Opening Remarks by Ms Eva Vincetic, Head of Committees at European Chamber of Commerce (Singapore)
09.35 am Fireside Chat moderated by Mr Jens Rübbert, President at European Chamber of Commerce (Singapore)
- H.E. Artis Bertulis, Ambassador-designate at European Union Delegation to Singapore
- Mr Philipp Dupuis, Head of the Economic and Trade Section at European Union Delegation to Singapore
09.55 am Live Q&A
10.30 am End of Event
Speakers
H.E. Artis Bertulis
Ambassador-designate
European Union Delegation to Singapore
Ambassador-designate of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Singapore Artis Bertulis assumed office on 1st
September 2025. Ambassador Bertulis is a career diplomat, who has held several key postings including as:
- EU Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau (2022-August 2025),
- Ambassador of Latvia to India (2018–2022), with accreditation to Sri Lanka,
- Ambassador of Latvia to Italy (2013–2018), with accreditation to Albania, Malta, and San Marino, and as Permanent Representative to the FAO,
- Ambassador of Latvia to Portugal (2007–2011), with accreditation as Ambassador to Brazil (2008–2011),
- Ambassador of Latvia to Sweden (2001–2005).
From 2011 to 2013, he served as Director General for EU Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, working closely with the Prime Minister on Latvia’s successful adoption of the Euro. He served as Foreign Affairs Adviser to the Prime Minister of Latvia in 1994 and continued as Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs until 1998. He was appointed Head of the State Protocol twice, from 1998 to 2001 and again from 2005 to 2007. Ambassador Bertulis began his diplomatic career in 1991 as a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the newly independent Latvian Parliament. In 1992, he served as a research assistant at the North Atlantic Assembly in Brussels, and the following year joined the Latvian Foreign Service. He has a Master’s degree in Physics. He completed postgraduate studies in international affairs at the University of Latvia and the Royal College of Defence Studies in London. Ambassador Bertulis is fluent in English, Italian, Swedish, Portuguese and Russian, and has a working knowledge of French. He is married to Esmeralda, and they have two adult children.
Mr Philipp Dupuis
Head of the Economic and Trade Section
European Union Delegation to Singapore
Philipp Dupuis is since September 2025 Head of the Economic and Trade Section of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Singapore. He joined the European Commission in 1995 and worked for its Directorate General for Trade in various positions in the Brussels headquarters and in EU Delegations abroad. During his career in the Directorate General for Trade, Philipp Dupuis was Deputy Head of the Units in charge of Latin America, North America, the Middle East, the Generalised System of Preferences as well as Multilateral Trade and Sustainable Development. He participated in various FTA negotiations and was the EU’s deputy chief negotiator for the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). He also worked as investigator in the trade defense department. In between, he was on diplomatic post as Head of the Economic and Trade sections of the European Delegations in Mexico (covering also Cuba), Thailand (covering also Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar) and the Philippines. Before joining the European Commission, Philipp Dupuis worked as a senior consultant for Andersen Consulting in Frankfurt/Germany carrying out projects in the financial sector. He studied Business Administration and, as subsidiary major, Political Sciences at the Universities of Bayreuth and Mannheim/Germany and did a Banking Apprenticeship at the Deutsche Bank in Darmstadt/Germany.
Moderator
Mr Jens Rübbert
President
European Chamber of Commerce, Singapore
Jens has been a senior banker for 35 years and has 22 years of experience in the Asian financial market. Currently, he is the Managing Director & Regional Head for Asia/Pacific of LBBW, one of Germany’s largest banks. Previously, Jens was with Deutsche Bank for 27 years in several senior positions in Corporate Finance, Corporate Banking and Regional Management across various regions including Germany, Turkey, Hong Kong, Singapore, China and Vietnam. He has also held positions as Vice Chairman of EuroCham China (2011 – 2014), Chairman of GBA Vietnam, (2015 – 2017), Chairman of EuroCham Vietnam (2017), and President of the Singaporean-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (2020 – 2023). Jens is the current Chairman of the EU-ASEAN Business Council. He holds a degree in business administration and was awarded Germany’s Federal Order of Merit in 2021.
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