Board of Directors

Cher Wang

Chairwoman
	Cher Wang has established a number of successful IT-related businesses, including co-founding HTC Corporation in 1997. She is currently Chairwoman of companies, and holds leadership roles in numerous other enterprises and organizations. Cher is active in the international business community, participating as an Industry Partner at the World Economic Forum and as a member of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC). In 2010, Cher co-founded the ABAC Women’s Forum to identify capacity-building policy recommendations that enhance opportunities for women in business, and to hold outreach activities within APEC economies. Cher’s business achievements have been widely acclaimed in major international media. In 2011, she received the 20th spot on both Forbes’ and Fortune’s annual ‘most powerful women’ lists. Cher graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a devout Christian. She is married with two children.

HT Cho

Director
	HT Cho is the Co-founder of HTC and currently sits on the Board of Directors. HT is the Chairman and Founder of the HTC Foundation, a philanthropic organization that supports and promotes a number of programs in education, character development and cross-cultural awareness. By helping educators, parents, students and public officials focus on character building, the HTC Foundation hopes to build caring communities where strong values, teamwork and positive thinking can flourish. To date, the Foundation has funded leadership training courses for over 13,000 elementary, secondary and post-secondary teachers and administrators in Taiwan. The Foundation has been recognized by Yuli Township in Hualien County in December 2006 and Longtan Township in Taoyuan County in June 2007 for promoting “Township Character” plans. These plans promote character development for officials working in township offices, police stations, public hospitals, fire brigades and other public sector positions. Before founding HTC, HT worked for the Digital Equipment Corporation from 1975 to 1996, ultimately serving as Head of Taiwan Engineering. Prior to dedicating himself to the HTC Foundation, HT served as President of HTC from 1997 to 2004 and was CEO from 2004 to 2005. His hard work, dedication, and passion for excellence have helped HTC form a corporate culture and work environment that emphasizes integrity, innovation and quality. HT graduated from the National Taipei Institute of Technology, majoring in Electronic Engineering.

Wen-Chi Chen

Director
	Wen-Chi Chen was appointed President and CEO of VIA Technologies Inc. in 1992. Under Mr. Chen’s leadership, VIA has transformed from a chipset designer to a leading developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions driving innovation in PCs, notebooks, thin clients and embedded systems. Mr. Chen has served on the Boards of Directors of, or as an advisor to, numerous companies in the IT industry. Mr. Chen was selected as a top entrepreneur by BusinessWeek in its 2001 “The Stars of Asia: 50 Leaders at the Forefront of Change.” A graduate of the National Taiwan University and the California Institute of Technology.

David Bruce Yoffie

Director
	Professor David B. Yoffie is the Max and Doris Starr Professor of International Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean and Chair of the Executive Education Program at Harvard Business School. A member of the HBS faculty since 1981, Professor Yoffie received his Bachelor's degree summa cum laude and with Phi Beta Kappa honors from Brandeis University, and his Master's and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University. Professor Yoffie served as Chairman of the HBS Strategy Department from 1997-2002, Chairman of the Advanced Management Program from 1999-2002, and currently chairs Harvard's Young Presidents' Organization. Outside of HBS, Professor Yoffie's responsibilities include serving on the Boards of Directors of Intel Corporation, the National Bureau of Economic Research, and MindTree Ltd. At the time of his appointment to Intel's Board in 1989, Professor Yoffie was the youngest outside Director amongst those of America's largest 150 industrial corporations. Over the last decade, Professor Yoffie has served as lead Independent Director of Intel, and on the Boards of numerous companies, including Charles Schwab, Spotfire, and E Ink.

Chen-Kuo Lin

Independent Director
	Chen-Kuo Lin is the Chairman of Angel Hearts Family Social Welfare Foundation and Chairman of New Mainstream Cultural Foundation. He also has extensive experience in government affairs and was previously Chairman of Taiwan Asset Management Corporation, Chairman of Taiwan External Trade Development Council, Chairman of the Tunghai University , Independent director and Compensation Committee member of the Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation , Minister of Finance of the R.O.C. .He has also served as a professor at the Department of Economics of the National Taiwan University. Mr. Lin received his Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the National Taiwan University and took advanced economic studies at the Oklahoma State University and Harvard University.

Michael C. Lu

Independent Director
	Dr. Michael C. Lu, MD, MS, MPH is the Dean of the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to coming to Berkeley, Dr. Lu served as Director of the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau under the Obama Administration. During his tenure, he transformed key federal programs in maternal and child health, and launched major initiatives to reduce maternal, infant, and child mortality across the nation. For his leadership, he was awarded the prestigious Hubert H. Humphrey Service to America Award in 2013. Prior to his public service, Dr. Lu was a professor of obstetrics-gynecology and public health at UCLA, where his research focused on improving the health of women and children from a life-course perspective. He co-directed the residency program in obstetrics and gynecology and a training grant in maternal and child health, and received several prestigious awards for his teaching. Lu served on three National Academy of Medicine Committees, and chaired the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. As a practicing obstetrician for nearly two decades, he has attended more than 1000 births, and has been voted one of the Best Doctors in America since 2005. Dr. Lu received his bachelor’s degrees in political science and human biology from Stanford University, master’s degrees in health and medical sciences and epidemiology from UC Berkeley, medical degree from UC San Francisco, and residency training in obstetrics and gynecology from UC Irvine.

Vincent Thai

Independent Director
	Mr. Vincent Thai is currently the chairman of four companies including Playmind Ltd, National Products Ltd, Sweet N Fun Ltd, and Toy Plus Far East Ltd. He is experienced in corporate governance and entrepreneurship. Sweet N Fun Ltd is the leading brand of candy vending machines. Since being the general manager of M & D Toys, Inc from 1985, he has 35 years of experience in leading companies. He understands the company's leadership strategies in different periods and strengthens the team's coherence through a culture of trust. Vincent Thai graduated from the Department of Marketing at the University of Southern California.

Hong-Chung Hsieh

Independent Director
	Dr. Hong-Chung Hsieh is currently the President of Ling Leung Kingdom Leadership Institute and President of Ling Leung Pastoral and Missionary Theological Seminary. Prior to that, Dr. Hsieh was a visiting staff of Department of Pathology in National Taiwan University Hospital and a lecturer of Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine. Dr. Hsieh received his Ph.D. from Colllege of Medicine, National Taiwan University and Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Daniel Wu (Yeong-Cheng Wu)

Member of the Compensation Committee
	Mr. Wu is currently the Dean of Torch Church. He was Vice President of VIA Technologies, Senior Director of Advantech Technologies, Sales Manager of Cisco Taiwan, AVP of Tripod Technologies and IBM Taiwan System Engineer. He has 25 years of experience in management. The rich experience enables Mr. Wu to think constantly and wisely, also make the right and the greatest decision. He plays his strengths in various positions. Mr. Wu graduated from Department of Electrical Engineering at the National Taiwan University.

The Implementation of Board's Diversity Policy

1.Diversity of the Board of Directors

The Company has stipulated the board diversity policy in the “Corporate Governance Practice Principles”. The composition of the board shall give due attention to the principles of gender equality, and its members shall have the necessary knowledge, skill, and experience to perform their duties. To achieve the ideal goal of corporate governance, the board of directors shall possess the following abilities:

Ability to make operational judgment.
Ability to perform accounting and financial analysis.
Ability to conduct management administration.
Ability to conduct crisis management.
Industrial knowledge.
International market perspective.
Ability to lead.
Ability to make decisions.

2.Board of Directors Diversity Specific Management Objectives and Progress

There are 8 Directors in the tenth Board of Directors, including 4 independent Directors. Our current Directors are all industrial or academic experts with management experience in listed and global companies or in government institutes. Apart from possessing leadership and decision making capabilities, an international outlook, and crisis management capabilities, our 4 Independent Directors also have expertise in finance and accounting, industrial knowledge, and operational insights: Independent Director Chen-Kuo Lin served as the Minister of Ministry of Finance, Executive Yuan, Independent Director Michael C. Lu is the dean of the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley and Independent Director Vincent Thai has experience in leading companies, Dr. Hong-Chung Hsieh is currently the President of Ling Leung Kingdom Leadership Institute and President of Ling Leung Pastoral and Missionary Theological Seminary. Additionally, of the other 4 Directors, Chairwoman Cher Wang and Directors HT Cho, and Wenchi Chen all have significant management experience as a chairperson or president of listed companies; David Yo‑e is a Max and Doris Starr Professor at Harvard Business School; they therefore possess capabilities relating to marketing, technology, management, industrial knowledge, and operational insight. HTC pays attention to gender equality among board members. At present, there is a female Director who constitute 12.5% of the Board. No more than 30% of directors serve as employees are the target, and there is a Director serve as employees who constitute 12.5% of the Board.

Basic Component of Board of Directors：

Name	Nationalit	Gender	Positions held concurrently in the Company	Age 51 to 60	Age 61 to 70	Age over 71	Independent director tenure under 3 years	Independent director tenure 3 to 9 years	Independent director tenure 9 years or more
Cher Wang	Republic of China	Female	v		v
Wen-Chi Chen	Republic of China	Male				v
HT Cho	Republic of China	Male			v
David Bruce Yoffie	USA	Male			v
Chen-Kuo Lin	Republic of China	Male				v			v
Michael C. Lu	USA	Male		v			v
Vincent Thai	USA	Male		v				v
Hong-Chung Hsieh	Republic of China	Male			v		v