Peter Liu

Peter Liu is the Managing Director of Asianet Consultants, Asia Pacific’s leading executive search firm that was founded and established in Hong Kong for over 23 years. Asianet Consultants is also a founding member of the International Executive Search Federation (IESF), the world’s largest executive search group with 130 offices located in 40 different countries.

Peter’s work focuses on serving global apparel manufacturers, retailers and logistics service providers in their search for senior executive positions. He possesses over twenty years of line management experience which includes: senior positions at Peninsula Knitters, an international sweater manufacturer and marketer based in Hong Kong; President of Burlington Worldwide, a Hong Kong-based subsidiary of the U.S.’s largest textile company; Main Board Director of TAL Apparel, one of the world’s largest woven garment manufacturer and marketer; Managing Director and Chief Representative of China for Betz Laboratory Inc, a major U.S. specialty chemical company; and Country Manager, Greater China, for Du Pont Teflon. Prior to joining Asianet, Peter was a consultant for the Consumer / Industrial and Supply Chain practices of another major international executive search firm.

Peter is currently the Chairman of the Human Resources Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. Prior to this post, he was the Chairman of the Apparel & Footwear Committee (2003-2008) and served on the Chamber’s Board of Governors. He is also a government-appointed member of the Management and Supervisory Training Committee of the Vocational Training Council and was the Chairman of a joint Government/Industry funded apparel innovation project. As well, he serves on the advisory boards of both the Global Prime Source Forum and the Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies at the University of Delaware. He is a founding partner of the Sustainable Apparel Initiative and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors.

Peter holds a Master’s in Business Administration in Export Management and International Business from the CASS Business School in London and a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of London. He currently lives in Hong Kong and has also lived and worked in the U.K., Shanghai, the U.S.A., Singapore, and Indonesia. He is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese Chinese.