Philippe Duponteil Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union, EU

Philippe Duponteil (French) is an EU Senior Official, currently Director for customs duties and the digital transformation of customs and taxation policy at the European Commission’ Directorate General for EU customs and taxation (TAXUD). Prior to his current function, he worked as Director at the EC’s Joint Research Centre supporting EU policy making (JRC) and before that held various positions at the EC’s Directorate General for trade policy (TRADE) including as Head of Division, responsible for leading EU international trade negotiations with China, Japan and Korea. He has served as Minister-Counsellor at the EU Delegation in Japan. A specialist in international relations and global economic issues, prior to joining the European Commission in 1995, he served in the Office of the French Prime Minister and at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Philippe Duponteil holds a MA of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris in Political Sciences, a MAS in International Foresight from the University of Paris Descartes and a Master Degree in Global Human Resources Management from Kingston University.