Klemen Oven (1972) held different advisory positions at the general directorate for customs in Slovenian public administration prior to joining the European Commission in year 2005. Up until year 2017, he held a position of a policy officer at Directorate General for Taxation and Customs (DG TAXUD). Klemen was responsible for policy development of the European Union strategic and operational framework in the field of customs external border and supply chain security, risk management and controls.
In year 2018, he took a leadership position of a multi-disciplinary task force and delivered the new EU advance cargo information system (ICS2) and of the pre-arrival security and safety risk management programme. The ICS2 now being successfully in operations. He currently holds a position of the Deputy Head of Unit at DG TAXUD dealing with Risk Management and Security. He works on preparing the risk management framework under the EU customs reform and on delivery of various strategic, policy and regulatory initiatives directed at strengthening the EU level customs risk management in the fight against illicit trade impacting security and safety and financial interests of the European Union and its Member States.