Lichia Saner-Yiu

Born in Taipei and a Swiss citizen, Dr. Yiu holds a doctorate in Educational Psychology from Indiana University. A former associate professor at Chinese Culture University, Chinese Taipei, she was a post-doctoral fellow at Columbia University in organizational psychology. She is fluent in English and Mandarin. Dr. Yiu has more than 20 years of experience as an advisor to governments and international organizations on organizational development and reform of public administration. She recently directed a two-year, bilateral Swiss-Slovene project to reform the public administration of Slovenia and a three-year Sino-Swiss bilateral program to modernize management training of senior civil service officials in China. She has also been a consultant to the United Nations Development Program and other specialized UN agencies, as well as to private- sector organizations.