Board of Directors

Members of the 18th Board of Directors

  • Education
    Master of Public Health (MPH), Harvard University
  • Major Experience
    Deputy General Manager of Country Hospital
    Chief of Internal Medicine of Puli Christian Hospital
    Special Assistant to Chairman and Vice Chairman of Everlight Chemical Industrial Corporation
  • Current Positions
    Chairman of Everlight Chemical Industrial Corporation
    Chairman of Everlight Chemical Singapore
    Director of companies including Elite Turkey and Good TV Broadcasting Corp, etc.

  • Education
    Department of International Trade, Tamkang University
    Honorary Doctorate of Management at Chang Jung Christian University
    Honorary doctorate from Tamkang University
    Honorary Doctorate of Business at National Taipei University of Business
  • Major Experience
    Chairman of Everlight Chemical Industrial Corporation
    Supervisor of Chung Hwa Chemical Industrial Works Ltd.
  • Current Positions
    Director of Everlight Chemical Industrial Corporation

  • Education
    Doctor of Education, Cohen University, USA
  • Major Experience
    General Manager and Vice Chairman of Everlight Chemical Industrial Corporation
    Director of Good TV Broadcasting Corp.
  • Current Positions
    Director of Everlight Chemical Industrial Corporation

  • Education
    PhD in Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, USA
  • Major Experience
    Associate Manager and Deputy General Manager of the R&D Division of Everlight Chemical Industrial Corporation
  • Current Positions
    Director and General Manager of Everlight Chemical Industrial Corporation
    Chairman of companies including Everlight(Hongkong) Ltd., Ethical(Guangzhou) Ltd., Everlight U.S.A Everlight Europe B.V. (Netherlands)
    Director of Trend Tone Imaging, Inc., Everlight (Suzhou) Advanced Chemicals Ltd., Polytronics Technology Corp., Elite, Turkey, Shanghai Anda International Trading Co., Ltd., Suzhou Sanyi companies.

  • Education
    PhD in Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, USA
  • Major Experience
    Senior Project Engineer, General Motors Corp.
    Deputy Director of Supply Chain Management Division, Everlight Chemical Industrial Corp.
    Deputy General Manager, Trend Tone Imaging, Inc.
    General Manager, Everlight U.S.A.
  • Current Positions
    Board Director, Everlight Chemical Industrial Corp.
    Board Director and General Manager, Trend Tone Imaging, Inc.
    Board Director, Everlight U.S.A.
    Board Director, Everlight (Suzhou) Advanced Chemicals Ltd.

  • Education
    Department of Public Administration, National Chung Hsing University
  • Major Experience
    Chairman of Yuda Technology
  • Current Positions
    Director of Everlight Chemical Industrial Corporation

  • Education
    Master in Science in Computer Science, University of San Francisco
  • Major Experience
    Deputy General Manager of Chung Hwa Chemical Industrial Works Ltd.,
  • Current Positions
    Chairman of Chung Hwa Chemical Industrial Works, Ltd.,
    Director of Everlight Chemical Industrial Corporation
    Independent Director of via technologies, inc.

  • Education
    EMBA, National Taiwan University
  • Major Experience
    Deputy General Manager of Formosa Sumco Technology Corporation
  • Current Positions
    Director of Everlight Chemical Industrial Corporation
    Independent Director of companies including Brillian Network & Automation Co., Ltd., Forward Science Corp.,
    Member of Remuneration Committee, Marketech International Corp.

  • Education
    PhD in Accounting and Information Management and Systems, UCLA, USA
  • Major Experience
    Member of the Financial Supervisory Commission
    Director of Taiwan Cooperative Financial Holding
    Independent Director of Chunghwa Telecom
    Director of TWSE
  • Current Positions
    Professor in the Department of Accounting
    Independent Director of Everlight Chemical Industrial Corporation
    Independent Director of companies including Chunghwa Precision Test Tech.Co., Ltd., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., and Taiwan Sugar Co.

  • Education
    Doctor of Juridical Science, Duke University
  • Major Experience
    Chairman of Star Buck Power Corporation
    Independent Director and part-time Managing Director of Agricultural Bank of Taiwan Corporation
  • Current Positions
    Independent Director of Everlight Chemical Industrial Corporation
    Associate Prof., Department of Law Kainan University
    Municipal Advisor Taipei City Government

  • Education
    M.S. in EngineeringEconomic Systems, Stanford University
    M.S. in Civil Engineering, Stanford University
    M.S. in Engineering Management, Southern Methodist University
    M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University
  • Major Experience
    Independent Director of Iron Force Industrial Co.,
    Senior Strategic Investment Advisor of Lite-On IT Corporation,
    Senior Deputy General Manager of DelSolar Co., Ltd.,
    Development Manager of AES
  • Current Positions
    Independent Director of Everlight Chemical Industrial Corporation
    Senior Vice President of Industrial Technology Investment Corp.,
    Director of Iron Force Industrial Co., Ltd. and Director/Legal Representative of companies including Jiuding Electric Power Information Jianlin, Taiwan Electron Optics Instrument, Taisheng International Technology, Xiangcheng Technology, Analytic Ind. Material Technology, Risen Biotech, Bellex International Corp., and Yesheng Technology Corp.
  1. The Company has established the Corporate Governance Principles and Director Election Procedures, which clearly set forth the policy of the diversity of Board of Directors. The Board of Directors ensures that the composition of experts meets business development needs.
  2. The Company’s 18th Board of Directors has 11 members (including 3 independent directors); those accompanied with operation judgement, business management, crisis handling ability, industry knowledge, international market view and leading and decision-making ability are Chen, Chien-Hsin, Chen, Ding-Chuan, Chen, Ding-Chi, Chen, Wei-Wang, Chen, Chien-Ming, Chao, Rong-Shiang, Ken, Wen-Yuen, Lee, Yung-Long, and Chang, Yuan-Jan; those accompanied with accounting and financial abilities are Chen, Ding-Chuan and Wu, Chung-Fern; the one accompanied with accounting education ability is Wu, Chung-Fern; the one with professional education in law is Yang, Way-Wen; those having contributions to the charity business are Chen, Chien-Hsin, Chen, Ding-Chuan, Chen, Ding-Chi, Chen, Wei-Wang, and Yang, Way-Wen; Wu, Chung-Fern once served as a dedicated commissioner of FSC.
  3. The Company’s directors with employee status account for 18% of the board; 36% of the 4 directors are over 71 years old, 27% of the 3 directors are between 61 and 70 years old, and 36% of the 4 directors are under 60 years old. In addition, the gender diversity of the Directors is important to the Company. Currently, the target for female Director seats is one, and for the actual status, there is one female Director, which meets the target. It represents 9% of the total number of Directors.
  1. The 3 independent directors of the Company’s Board of Directors account for 27%, with 1 independent director serving for 7-9 years and 2 independent directors serving for 1 to 3 years. Independent directors may not serve for more than 3 consecutive terms.
  2. No board member met the concerns stated in Subgraphs 3-4, Article 26-3 of the Securities and Exchange Act. Although there are directors who are second-degree relatives of each other: Chen, Ding-Chuan, Chen, Chien-Hsin; Chen and Wei-Wang, accounting for 27%; Chen, Ding-Chi and Chen, Chien-Ming, accounting for 18%; Chen, Ding-Chuan and Chen, Ding-Chi, accounting for 18%. These percentages do not exceed half of the Board of Directors, and have therefore met the criteria of independence.

▌ Resolutions of the Board of Directors

  • Resolutions by the Board of Directors on March 16, 2023:
    Approved the (1) Motion for reporting matters at the 2023 general meeting of shareholders, (2) motion for 2022 remuneration distribution of employees and directors, (3) motion for 2022 distribution of remuneration to directors (4) motion for 2022 employee remuneration of company officers pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act, (5) motion for 2022 financial statements (6) motion for 2022 earnings distribution, (7) June 21, 2023 was set as the ex-dividend date for cash dividends to shareholders, to be distributed on July 13, 2023, (8) Motion for review of self-evaluation result for the 2022 internal control, (9) motion for amendment to the Articles of Incorporation, (10) motion for amendment to the agenda of the 2023 general meeting of shareholders, (11) motion for amendment to the Corporate Governance Best-Practice Principles, (12) motion for amendment to the Sustainable Development Best-Practice Principles, (13) motion for amendment to the Corporate Social Responsibility Best Practice Principles, (14) motion for amendment to the Procedures for Financial Operations Between Affiliates, (15) motion for amendment to the Rules of Procedure for Long-Term Equity Investments, (16) motion for pension payment of Division Chief Lai, (17) motion for appointment of general manager of Trend Tone Imaging, (18) motion for reappointment of director of a subsidiary.

  • Resolutions by the Board of Directors on March 24, 2022:
    Approved (1) Motion for reporting matters at the 2022 general meeting of shareholders, (2) Motion for 2020 remuneration distribution of employees and directors, (3) Motion for 2021 distribution of remuneration to directors (4) Motion for 2021 employee remuneration of managers as defined in the Securities and Exchange Act, (5) Motion for 2021 financial statements (6) Motion for 2021 earnings distribution, (7) June 22, 2022 was set as the ex-dividend date for cash dividends to shareholders, distributed on July 14, 2022, (8) Motion for review of self-evaluation result for the 2020 internal control, (9) Motion for amendment to the Rules of Procedure for Shareholders’ Meeting, (10) Motion for amendment to the Procedures for Acquisition or Disposal of Assets, (11) Motion for amendment to the Articles of Incorporation, (12) Motion for amendment to Corporate Governance Best-Practice Principles, (13) Motion for amendment to the Corporate Social Responsibility Best Practice Principles, (14) Motion for amendment to the Procedures for Ethical Management and Guidelines for Conduct, (15) Motion for amendment to the Ethical Corporate Management Best Practice Principles, (16) Motion for amendment to internal control system, (17) Motion for amendment to agenda of the 2022 general meeting of shareholders, (18) Motion for reappointment of chairman of Ethical (Shanghai) Ltd. and Everlight (Shanghai) Ltd., (19) Motion for extension of General Manager’s term of office of chairman of Ethical (Shanghai) Ltd. and Everlight (Shanghai) Ltd.

  • Resolutions by the Board of Directors on May 12, 2022:
    Approved the (1) motion for the consolidated financial report for 2022 Q1, (2) motion for amendment to the Procedures for Self-Evaluation of the Internal Control System, (3) motion for amendment to the Subsidiaries Management Measures, (4) motion for change in pharmacists of the Company’s API factory.

  • Resolutions by the Board of Directors on August 11, 2022:
    Approved the (1) motion for the consolidated financial report for 2022 Q2, (2) motion for establishment of a subsidiary in Vietnam, (3) motion for appointment of directors and company officers of the subsidiary in Vietnam, (4) motion for capital increase of the subsidiary in Singapore, (5) motion for transferring shares of subsidiary Shanghai Anda International Trading, (6) motion for appointment of the general manager of subsidiaries Anda Semiconductor Technology (Suzhou) and Shanghai Anda International Trading, (7) motion for reappointment of the general manager of subsidiary Everlight U.S.A., (8) motion for appointment of the directors of the Company’s investment Andros Pharmaceuticals, (9) motion for sponsoring TCIA Forum, (10) motion for lifting the prohibition of competition for directors of the Company.

  • Resolutions by the Board of Directors on November 10, 2022:
    Approved the (1) motion for the consolidated financial report for 2022 Q3, (2), (3) motion for formulation of Procedures for Handling Internal Material Information, (4) motion for amendment to the Procedures for the Prevention of Insider Trading, (5) motion for formulation of Sustainable Development (ESG) Policy, (6) motion for formulation of Procedures for Non-Assurance Services provided by the CPA firm.

  • Resolutions by the Board of Directors on December 15, 2022:
    Approved the (1) motion for the operational plan and operating budget, (2) motion for 2023 internal audit plan, (3) to open an account with DBS Bank (Taiwan) for loan and foreign exchange and derivative credit facilities for the Group, (4) motion for the group’s total quota of bank loans for 2023, (5) motion for appointment and remuneration of the CPAs auditing 2023 financial statements, (6) motion for convening of general meeting of shareholders on May 25, 2023, (7) period and place to receive proposals of the shareholders for the 2023 general meeting of shareholders, (8) motion for expansion of L Building of Plant 3, (9) motion for amendment to Corporate Governance Best-Practice Principles, (10) motion for amendment to the Self-Disciplinary Measures for M&A Information Disclosure, (11) motion for pension payment for assistant manager Tseng, Kun-Mu, (12) motion for promotion of personnel above the assistant manager level, (13) motion for appointment of general managers of subsidiaries of Ethical (Shanghai) / Everlight (Shanghai), (14) motion for appointment of directors and supervisors of subsidiary Shanghai Anda International Trading, (15) motion for appointment of directors and supervisors of the investment business Anda Semiconductor 43 Technology (Suzhou), (16) motion for salary and remuneration adjustment for general manager of subsidiary Everlight Vietnam, (17) motion for year-end bonus for company officers pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act.

  • Resolutions by the Board of Directors on January 25, 2021:
    Approved (1) Motion for subscription of shares issued by Polytronics Technology for increasing cash capital.

  • Resolutions by the Board of Directors on March 25, 2021:
    Approved (1) Motion for reporting matters at the 2021 general meeting of shareholders, (2) Motion for 2020 remuneration distribution of employees and directors, (3) Motion for 2020 distribution of remuneration to directors, (4) Motion for 2020 employee remuneration of managers as defined in the Securities and Exchange Act, (5) Motion for 2020 financial statements, (6) Motion for 2020 earnings distribution, (7) June 22, 2021 was set as the ex-dividend date for cash dividends to shareholders, distributed on July 14, 2021, (8) Motion for review of self-evaluation result for the 2020 internal control, (9) Motion for election of directors, (10) Lifting the restriction for directors to compete with each other, (11) Motion for amendment to the Rules of Procedure for Shareholders’ Meeting, (12) Motion for amendment to the Rules of Procedure for Long-term Equity Investments, (13) Motion for disposal of long-term investments of equity, and (14) Motions for pension payment for managers.

  • Resolutions by the Board of Directors on May 13, 2021:
    Approved (1) Motion for business resumption with Taiwan Cooperative Bank, (2) Motion for land development of the subsidiary Everlight (Suzhou) Advanced Chemicals, (3) Motion for participation in cash capital increase of Andros Pharmaceuticals, (4) Motion for appointment of directors for the subsidiary Trend Tone Imaging, (5) Motion for appointment of chairman for the subsidiary Trend Tone Imaging, (6) Motion for appointment of directors for the investment business Chung Hwa Chemical Industrial Works Ltd.

  • Resolutions by the Board of Directors on July 8, 2021:
    Approved (1) Motion for change in 2021 general meeting of shareholders, (2) Motion for equity transfer for subsidiary in Shanghai.

  • Resolutions by the Board of Directors on July 29, 2021:
    Approved (1) Motion for candidates of the chairman, (2) Motion for appointment of Compensation Committee members for the 5th term.

  • Resolutions by the Board of Directors on August 12, 2021:
    Approved (1) Motion for salary and remuneration to the current directors, (2) Motion for remuneration to independent directors for this term, (3) Motion for candidates for the election of Nomination Committee members for the 3rd term, (4) Motion for establishment of a Strategy Committee.

  • Resolutions by the Board of Directors on November 11, 2021:
    Approved (1) Motion for lending US$5 million to the subsidiary, Everlight (Suzhou) Advanced Chemical, (2) Motion for Organizational Procedures for the Company’s Strategy Committee.

  • Resolutions by the Board of Directors on December 16, 2021:
    Approved (1) Motion for 2022 operation plan and business budget, (2) Motion for 2022 internal audit plan, (3) Motion for total bank loans for 2022, (4) Motion for appointment of 2022 CPAs of financial statements and their compensation, (5) Motion for convening the May 26, 2022 general meeting of shareholders, (6) Motion for the period to accept shareholder proposals and venue for the 2022 general meeting of shareholders, (7) Motion for amendment to the Promotion Method for Continuous Education of Directors, (8) Motion for pension payment for Deputy General Manager Tsai, (9) Motion for pension payment for Special Assistant of the Chairman Liao, (10) Motion for appointment of Audit Manager, (11) Motion for promotion of the Company’s manager of the person in charge of specialty chemicals, (12) Motion for promotion of personnel above Associate Manager level, (13) Motion for appointment of directors of subsidiaries, (14)Motion for extension of General Manager’s term of office of Everlight U.S.A., (15) Motion for salary adjustment of managers as defined in the Securities and Exchange Act, (16) Motion for year-end bonus of managers as defined in the Securities and Exchange Act.

▌Disclosure

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