Mr. Lian is a vice president and emerging markets portfolio manager in the Singapore office, focusing on Asia. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2005, he spent eight years as a sovereign debt strategist at JPMorgan Chase and Merrill Lynch. Mr. Lian started out his career with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, where he spent four years as senior economist responsible for formulating exchange rate policy. For the past three years, he has been featured on Asset Magazine's list of "Most Astute G3 Bond Investor, Singapore," and ranked third in 2008. He has 15 years of investment experience and holds an undergraduate degree from the National University of Singapore.