According to the Company's Articles of Incorporation, the Company has 5 to 9 directors, who are elected in shareholders meetings from persons of adequate capacity. The directors serve a term of three (3) years, which is renewable if re-elected. Amongst the directors chosen above, there shall be no fewer than three (3) independent directors and they must not represent less than one-fifth of the board.
The Company's Board of Directors consists of 6 members (included 2 independent
Directors). Duration of service of the current board is from June 7, 2023 to June 6, 2026.
Title |
Name |
Main career (academic) achievements |
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Chairman |
Representative of Chunghwa Investment Holding Company: Hong-Chan Ma |
Academic background: Master, Management Science, National Chiao Tung University Career background: Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd - Senior Executive Vice President Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. - Data Communication Office General manager Current position: Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. Co., Ltd. - Chairman |
|
Director |
Representative of Chunghwa Investment Holding Company: Jung-Kuei Chen |
Academic background: Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University Career background: Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd - International Business Office Deputy Chief Engineer Current position: Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.- Telecommunication Laboratories Vice President |
|
Director |
Shui-Ke Huang |
Academic background: Master of Informatics, Yuan Ze University Career background: Chunghwa Precision Test Co., Ltd. - Vice President Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. - Product Manager of Telecommunication Laboratories Current position: Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. Co., Ltd. - CEO |
|
Director |
Representative of Hsiang Fa Co.: Wei-Ning Shen |
Academic background: Master of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, USA Career background: MediaTek Inc. - Director
Current position: MediaTek Capital Co. - Investment manager |
|
Independent Director Member of the Auditing Committee Member of the Remuneration Committee |
Chung-Fern Wu |
Academic background: Ph.D in Accounting and Information Management, UCLA Career background: Financial Supervisory Commission - Commissioner Current position: NTU College of Management - Professor of Accounting |
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Independent Director Member of the Auditing Committee Member of the Remuneration Committee |
Huang-Chuan Chiu |
Academic background: Master of Law, University of Cambridge Career background: Huang & Partners - Attorney Current position: Kew & Lord, Attorneys at Law - Partner |
|
Independent Director Member of the Auditing Committee Member of the Remuneration Committee |
Chih-Cheng Su |
Academic background: Master of Business Administration, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey Career background: YHC & Co., CPAs - Partner Current position: Elite Yc & Co., CPAs - Partner in charge |
The Company has specified in the “Director Election Policy” and “Corporate Governance Code of Conduct” the scope of knowledge, skills, characteristics, and diversity that members of the Board of Directors are expected to posses, including the following:
I. Ability to make operational judgments.
II. Accounting and financial analysis.
III. Business administration.
IV. Crisis management.
V. Industry knowledge.
VI. Vision of the global market.
VII. Leadership.
VIII. Decision making.
The current Board of Directors, as a whole, possesses a professional background in business administration, finance, accounting, law, and the semiconductor industry. Furthermore, the Company emphasizes the gender equality of the constitution of board members. There are currently 7 seats for directors, among which are 1 female directors, accounting for 14% of the total seats. The Company has achieved the goal of having at least 1 female director. The number of Independent Directors accounts for 43% of all directors, and 3 seats of the Independent Directors have tenures shorter than 9 years. 14% of the Company’s directors concurrently hold a position as an employee. Our objective is to have Independent Directors with tenures no longer than 9 years, and have at least 1 seat with a female director.
Skills
Name of director |
Gender |
Business administration |
Leadership and |
Knowledge of the industry |
Finance and Accounting |
Legal knowledge |
Chairman Hong-Chan Ma |
Male |
v |
v |
v |
|
|
Director Jung-Kuei Chen |
Male |
v |
v |
v |
|
|
Director Shui-Ke Huang |
Male |
v |
v |
v |
|
|
Director Wei-Ning Shen |
Male |
v |
v |
v |
v |
|
Independent Director Chung-Fern Wu |
Female |
v |
v |
|
v |
|
Independent Director Huang-Chuan Chiu |
Male |
v |
v |
|
|
v |
Independent Director Chih-Cheng Su |
Male |
v |
v |
v |