Board Diversity Policy

Mr. Arthur Yu-Cheng Chiao has acted as Chairman of Winbond since 1987, and concurrently serves as CEO. Previously, Mr. Chiao has also held various positions in industry, associations, and many other organizations. From 2008 to 2019, Mr. Chiao served as Chairman of Nuvoton Technology Corporation; from 1986 to 1994, he served as Chairman of Walsin Lihwa Corporation. In addition, he served as Chairman of Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (TEEMA) from 2007 to 2013. In 2019, he won the ERSO Award and was elected as one of the Laureates of the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). Mr. Chiao graduated from the Department of Communications Engineering of National Chiao Tung University, and holds a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Washington.

Mr. Tung-Yi Chan was promoted to Winbond’s Deputy CEO in March 2020, and prior to that was President. Mr. Chan has served as Senior Engineer at Intel, Technical Manager at Cypress, Technical Manager at Siliconix, Vice President of Winbond Sales Center, and CEO of BCD Semiconductor. He has more than 33 years of professional experience in the technical and management fields. Mr. Chan holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from U.C. Berkeley and a master’s degree in Management from Stanford University.

Ms. Yung Chin currently serves as the Chairman of Theaceae Conservation Corporation. Ms. Chin has served in various positions in Winbond, including Vice President of the Knowledge and Information Management unit from 2002 to 2006; Chief Auditor in 2001; and Vice President of the Finance Center from 1998 to 2000. In the year that Ms. Chin had served as Vice President of the Finance Center, she was elected as Best Financial Officer of the year. Prior to joining Winbond, Ms. Chin served as Chief Auditor at Walsin Lihwa Corporation. She has more than 30 years of professional experience in the field. Ms. Chin graduated from the Department of Mathematics from National Taiwan University, and holds a Master Degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Washington.

Mr. Allen Hsu is currently the Chairman of Unus Tech Co., Ltd., and 3R Life Sciences Taiwan Ltd. He also serves as Independent director of NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION,and Board Director of Innodisk Corporation, and ACME ELECTRONICS CORPORATION. Mr. Hsu has been a member of the Yulon Group since September 1989. He has served as Special Advisor to the Chairman, Executive Vice President of Yulon Motor Co., Ltd, and Deputy Managing Director of Yulon Group. His primary responsibilities include the Group’s mainland China development strategy, new car development and business diversification etc. These positions were held up to his retirement in 2012. During his tenure, Mr. Hsu also served as Chairman of several listed companies of the Group including Taiwan Acceptance Corp., Taiwan Mask Corporation, Altek Corporation, Myson Century Inc., and Antek Semiconductor Corp. Prior to taking office in the Yulon Group, Mr. Hsu was active in the banking industry. From 1978 to 1989, he headed Credit Department, Corporate Banking, and Investment Banking of Chase Manhattan Bank Taipei Branch and Bankers Trust Bank Taipei Branch, respectively. Mr. Hsu has also served as Deputy Chairman of the Taiwan Venture Capital Association (TVCA). Mr. Hsu graduated from the Department of Management Science of National Chiao Tung University, and holds an MBA from National Chengchi University. He has the honor of being recognized as an outstanding alumnus of Chiao Tung University, as an outstanding CFO Award by Taiwan’s Financial Executives Institute, and with the Lu Feng-Zhang Memorial Medal for Superior Management Award by the Taiwan Management Science Association.

Dr. Stephen T. Tso served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of information technology/materials and risk management at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) from 2004 up to his retirement in 2018. He has also held various managerial positions in operational organizations and subsidiaries within TSMC Group, including the Chairman and CEO of TSMC Solid State Lighting Co., Ltd. and TSMC Solar Co., Ltd. from 2014 to 2015, President of Wafertech LLC. from 2001 to 2005,  Senior Vice President of Operations at TSMC from 1998 to 2001,  Senior Vice President of TSMC's Worldwide Sales & Marketing from 1997 to 1998, and Vice President of R&D/technology development at TSMC from 1996 to 1997. Before joining TSMC, Mr. Tso served as President of the Metal CVD Division and CVD II-Advanced Technology Division at the world's largest semiconductor supplier, Applied Materials, Inc. He was Fab Manager and Vice President at SGS-Thomson Microelectronics from 1989 to 1994. Before that, Mr. Tso served at Texas Instruments. Mr. Tso graduated from the Department of Physics at National Taiwan University and holds a master's degree and a PhD in Materials Science & Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

Mr. Chung-Ming Kuan has served as Associate Professor (with tenure) of University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign ,and Professor of National Taiwan University ,and Distinguished esearch Fellow and Director of Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica ,and Minister without Portfolio of Executive Yuan ,and Minister of Council for Economic Planning And Development, Executive Yuan ,and Minister of National Development Council ,and President of National Taiwan University. Mr. Chung-Ming Kuan currently serves as NTU University Chair Professor of Department of Finance, National Taiwan University. Mr. Kuan holds a PhD in Economics from University of California (San Diego).

Mr. Jong-Peir Li is the current Chairperson of TCC Information Systems Corporation. Mr. Li has served as the President of TCC, President of Ho-Ping Power Company and President of TCC Energy Storage Technology Corporation. Prior to the experiences in the manufacturing industry, Mr. Li had around 24 years in the financial industry and had served as the CEO & President of HSBC Taiwan, the SEVP and Head of Markets at CTBC Bank and the Financial Markets Head and Country Treasurer of Citibank Taiwan.

Mr. Li holds a Ph.D. from National Chengchi University, MS Information Technology Management from Johns Hopkins University and MBA, Finance from The George Washington University.

Mr. Pan became President of Walsin Lihwa in 2019, responsible for assisting the Chairman of the company in business strategy planning and implementation. Before joining Walsin Lihwa, Mr. Pan was the CFO of Philips Semiconductors Asia Pacific, CFO of the sales and marketing division of Philips Semiconductors Taiwan. Mr. Pan is an MBA from Tulane University.

Mr. Jamie Lin is currently President of Taiwan Mobile, Chairman and Partner of AppWorks, and Board Director of momo.com. Mr. Lin is committed to the startup industry. From 2009, he has published articles on MR JAMIE online blog, providing inspirations to millions of readers worldwide in the startup community. In the same year, he co-founded AppWorks, one of the leading startup accelerators and venture capital firms in the Greater Southeast Asia. In 1999, Mr. Lin co-founded the e-commerce startup company Hotcool.com that eventually evolved into Intumit, a successful AI software-as-a-service company. In 1999, he co-founded Sosauce.com that evolved into Muse Games. In addition, Mr. Lin has actively contributed to society. He serves as the Executive Director of the Taiwan Internet and E-Commerce Association (TiEA), co-convener of the Asian Silicon Valley Civic Advisory Committee, and member of the Executive Yuan’s Digi+ group. Mr. Lin received his BS in Chemical Engineering (with a minor in Economics) from National Taiwan University and an MBA from NYU Stern.

Ms. Wei-Hsin Ma is currently CEO and Chairman of HannsTouch Holdings Company (symbol:3049), Chairman of Golden Apple Investment Co., Ltd., and Chairman of Glory Stone Inc.She also serves as Board Director of Walsin Lihwa Corporation. Ms. Ma served as Chairman of HannStar Display Corp. from March 2012 to March 2015, and Chairman of Yuanta Securities Investment Trust Co., Ltd. from August 1998 to July 2011. Ms. Ma graduated from the Department of East Asian Language at the University of California, Berkeley.She also holds a PhD from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences of Tsinghua University and an Executive MBA from Peking University in China.

Ms. Elaine Chang currently serves as the General Manager of International Business Development for Chia Hsin RMC Corp.(Taiwan). she is also assigned to be Vice President of LDC Holtels & Resorts Group.

From 2004 to 2016, Elaine worked as a Magazine Business Manager for Time Inc (New York) Between 2009 to 2016, she was the Financial Manager of Greater China for Alphabet Inc. (previously known as Google) in both New York and Singapore. 

Elaine graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Wellesley College (Boston) and received an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.