Mr. Chou was appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company on January 15, 2021. Mr. Chou is a seasoned finance executive and advisor with over 30 years of international experience across the semiconductor, electronics and industrial sectors. He was most recently the chief financial officer of UTAC Holdings Ltd., a global semiconductor assembly and test services provider, where he also oversaw the group’s information technology and human resources functions, completing his tenure in February 2024. Prior to that, Mr. Chou served as chief financial officer of Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC), a leading provider of semiconductor packaging and electronic assembly solutions and concurrently held the position of interim chief executive officer from 2015 to 2016. During his tenure, he was also responsible for the company’s global IT and facilities operations. Earlier in his career, he held senior finance leadership roles in multinational corporations including Honeywell, Tyco ADT, Lucent Technologies Bell Labs, and Public Service Enterprise Group.

Mr. Chou has been serving as an independent non-executive director of MicroPort^® since September 2010 and an independent non-executive director of Shanghai MicroPort MedBot (Group) Co., Ltd. (上海微創醫療機器人(集團)股份有限公司) (a company listed on the Stock Exchange, stock code: 02252) since November 2025. He is also chairman of the board of the Emerging Markets Investors Alliance, a not-for-profit organization promoting sustainable governance among institutional investors, and advises several private-equity-backed companies including AddVita Pte. Ltd., an Asian healthcare distribution platform backed by SeaTown (a Temasek-linked fund).

Mr. Chou obtained his bachelor’s degree in economics from the State University of New York at Buffalo in the United States in February 1988 and a master’s degree in business administration from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business in the United States in December 1999. He has served on the East Asia Regional Advisory Board of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business since 2013.