Frank Mulligan is the China Director for Accetis International and the founder of Talent Software.

He has lived in China for over 12 years in both Beijing and Shanghai. Before starting Talent Software, Frank was the Chief Representative of Norman Broadbent Executive Search in China, 1st Sec. (Commercial) for the Irish Embassy in Beijing and Strategic Planning Manager, Siemens Ltd. China.

Frank’s blog is called Talent in China and he is happy to note that it was nominated for Best of Blogs in 2005, and features a guest roster of the world’s leading thinkers in HR, including Kevin Wheeler, John Sumser, Wendell Williams, Yves Lermesiaux, Jeff Hunter and Charles Handler.

Frank is a frequent contributor to Onrec, ERE, Netassets, SHRM and Recruiting dot com. He currently completing the ‘China HR Toolkit’ for the Society of Human Resources Management, the world’s largest association devoted to human resource management.

Originally from Ireland, Frank began work in his home country in the early 1980s as an Engineer in the emerging computer industry, and held IT hardware related positions with Siemens-Nixdorf, NEC and other computer and communications companies