Paul Lien is Partner, Senior Consultant, and Branch Office Manager of PCI Executive Search Consultants in Beijing. In addition to managing branch office operations, Paul often manages tier-onesearch assignments for senior executives and job seekers with very discrete skills.

Paul started his work career in the 1970s, immediately after completing a degree in Electronics Engineering from Taipei Institute of Technology, and he has been in the high-tech field ever since. Over the years, Paul accumulated valuable professional experience and industry knowledge from management assignments at well-known multinational companies, such as Timex, Unisys, and Hewlett-Packard. While working at HP, Paul was sponsored to complete EMBA courses at National Taiwan University, which endowed him with solid theoretical knowledge in business management and hands-on experience.

In 1998, Mr. Lien left HP as the Outsourcing Business Operations Manager (Asia Pacific) and then established PCI's executive search office in Shanghai. Since 2001, Paul has been facilitating executive-search assignments in Beijing and placing a large number of candidates in a range of management positions, primarily in the IT and related manufacturing industries.

Paul is currently serving on the Board of Directors of IIC Partners.