Ambassador Vincent Chin-Hsiang Yao is the current Representative of Taipei Representative Office in the United Kingdom. As a senior diplomat, Vincent has held numerous important positions in the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) as well as led various overseas offices. His previous roles include the Director General for European Affairs and Director General for North American Affairs in the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as the Representative of Taipei Mission in Sweden and Head of Mission of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Seattle. He has extensive experience in both US and European matters and now over looks Taiwan’s relations with the United Kingdom as well as Taiwan’s cooperation with the EBRD.