Corporate Governance

The members of the Board of Directors of the Company are responsible for the faithful execution of their duties as good managers, and exercise their powers with a high degree of self-discipline and prudence. The independent directors are elected to perform their duties in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations and the Company's Articles of Incorporation to protect the interests of the Company and its shareholders. The independent directors are appointed to perform their functions to strengthen the Company's risk management and control of financial operations. The current board of directors consists of 7 seats (including 3 independent directors), and the current proportion of independent directors to the total number of board members is 43%.

 

Job Title Name Experience (education) Concurrent Positions of Companies
Chairman Ted Hsu
  • EMBA, National Chiao Tung University
  • Vice-Chairman, Pegatron Corp.
  • Vice Chairman/CSO, ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
  • Chairman, eBizprise Inc.
  • Director, Advantech
  • Director, Eusol Biotech, Co., Ltd
  • Director, iMotion Inc.
General Manager Che-Wei Lin
  • Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Missouri Columbia
  • Deputy General Manager, VIA Technologies Inc.
  • Director, iCatch Technology
  • Director, Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
Director Jerry Shen
  • Graduate Institute of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University
  • Manager, Acer Computer
  • Chairman, i-Waylink Inc.
  • Chairman, iMotion Group
Director Chin-Chuan Hsu
  • School of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University
  • Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University
  • Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University
  • Honorary Professor, National Taiwan University School of Medicine
  • Chairman of the Academic Foundation for Liver Disease Prevention and Treatment
  • Chairman of the National Health Foundation
  • Chairman, Good Liver Foundation; Director, AmCad BioMed
Independent Director Hung-Tze Jan
  • Department of Economics, National Taiwan University
  • Chief Editor, United Daily News Wan-Hsiang Edition
  • General Manager, Yuan-Liou Publishing
  • Chairman, Cite Media Holding Group
  • Chairman, PChome Online Inc.
Independent Director Chien-Ping Hsieh
  • Ph.D. in Finance, Kent State University, Ohio
  • Master of Business Administration, University of Missouri Columbia
  • Chairman/General Manager, Chunghwa Investment
  • Chief Financial Officer and Deputy General Manager, Chunghwa Telecom
  • Deputy General Manager and Spokesperson, Mega Financial Holdings
  • Professor, Graduate Institute of Finance, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
  • Professor, Graduate Institute of Finance, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology.
Independent Director Ching-Chi Wu
  • Ph.D., Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota
  • Bachelor of Education, National Chengchi University
  • Member of the Executive Yuan Cultural and Creative Industry Promotion Group/Digital Content Industry Development Committee
  • Committee Member, China Development Fund Management Association
  • Chairman, National Chung Cheng Cultural Center
  • Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology, National Chengchi University
  • Adjunct Professor of Graduate Institute of Business Administration, Entrepreneur Class, EMBA, IMBA of National Chengchi University
  • Emeritus Professor, National Chengchi University

Implementation of Board Member Diversified Skillsets

Name Gender Operational Planning Leadership Industry Marketing Accounting and Finance Operations Management Decision-Making Crisis Management
Jerry Shen Male                
Che-Wei Lin Male                
Ted Hsu Male                
Chin-Chuan Hsu Male                
Hung-Tze Jan Male                
Chien-Ping Hsieh Male                
Ching-Chi Wu Male                

Performance Evaluation of the BoD

The Company shall internally conduct annual self-evaluation of the BOD, its functional committees and individual board members' performance based on the "Performance Evaluation of the Board of Directors" approved by the Board of Directors. A formal evaluation shall also be conducted by an external independent professional institution at least once every three years. The internal and external board performance evaluations shall be completed with the result reported to the Board of Directors before the end of the first quarter of the following year.

Performance Evaluation Results of the BoD

The Company has implemented the performance evaluation of the board of directors, directors, audit committee, and remuneration committee for 2020 in accordance with the “Performance Evaluation of the Board of Directors”. The results of the performance evaluation are all "Outstanding" which is sufficient to show that the overall operation of the Company BoD is functioning well and in-line with the results of corporate governance.