Julia Buss, Consul, Senior Trade Commissioner and Head of Office

Biography

Julia Buss is Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner at the Consulate of Canada in Munich. She arrived in Munich in August 2025. Julia was previously posted to the Canadian Embassy in Beijing (2012-2015), the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei (2017-2021) and the Canadian Embassy in Kyiv (2021-2022). Julia has also held positions in Ottawa in the Services Trade Policy Division, the Office of the Deputy Minister of International Trade and most recently in the Office of the Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development.

Prior to joining Global Affairs Canada in 2009, she worked at several other departments, including Agriculture Agri-food Canada, the Canadian International Development Agency, and Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (now Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada).