ANTHONY SO is the founder of Bonso. He has been our Chairman of the Board of
Directors since July 1988. He was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer and
President on November 16, 2006, and served in those capacities until March 20,
2015 when Andrew So was appointed President. Mr. So received his BSE degree
in civil engineering from National Taiwan University in 1967 and a Master degree
in Business Administration (“MBA”) from the Hong Kong campus of
the University of Hull, Hull, England in 1994. Mr. So has been Chairman of the
Hong Kong GO Association since 1986 and also served as Chairman of the Alumni
Association of National Taiwan University for the 1993-1994 academic years.
Mr. So has served as a trustee of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Asia
College since 1994.
ANDREW SO joined the Company in August 2009 and has been a director since February
25, 2012. Mr. So currently holds the position of Chief Operating Officer and
oversees the Company’s daily operations, and has also held the positions
of Deputy Chairman of the Board and President since March 20, 2015. Mr. So graduated
with distinctions in 2008 from the University of Toronto, Canada, with a Bachelor
of Commerce degree (BComm). From 2008 to 2009, prior to his employment with
the Company, Mr. So worked as a Derivatives Analyst at State Street Trust Company
Canada, Toronto, Canada. Mr. So graduated from the MBA Program of Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology in the Fall of 2014.
ALBERT SO was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the
Company on March 27, 2009. He was appointed Treasurer and Financial Controller
of the Company on March 20, 2015. Mr. So was previously employed as the Financial
Controller of the Company in January 2008 and as a management trainee of the
Company in November 2004. Mr. So has been a director since March 1, 2013. Prior
to his employment as a management trainee of the Company, Mr. So was a student.
Mr. So is a Certified Management Accountant and Financial Risk Manager, and
received a Master degree in Business Administration from Heriot-Watt University,
Edinburgh, United Kingdom, and a Bachelor degree in Mathematics from Simon Fraser
University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
KIM WAH CHUNG has been a director since September 21, 1994. Mr. Chung has been
employed by us since 1981 and currently holds the position of Director of Engineering
and Research and Development. Mr. Chung is responsible for all research projects
and product development. Mr. Chung’s entire engineering career has been
spent with Bonso, and he has been involved in all of our major product developments.
Mr. Chung graduated with honors in 1981 from the Chinese University of Hong
Kong with a Bachelor of Science degree in electronics.
WOO-PING FOK was elected to our Board of Directors on September 21, 1994. Mr.
Fok has practiced law in Hong Kong since 1991 and is a Consultant with Messrs.
C.K. Mok & Co. Mr. Fok’s major areas of practice include conveyancing
and real property law, corporations and business law, commercial transactions
and international trade with a special emphasis in China trade matters. Mr.
Fok was admitted to the Canadian Bar as a Barrister & Solicitor in December
1987 and was a partner in the law firm of Woo & Fok, a Canadian law firm
with its head office in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. In 1991, Mr. Fok was qualified
to practice as a Solicitor of England & Wales, a Solicitor of Hong Kong
and a Barrister & Solicitor of Australian Capital Territory.
HENRY F. SCHLUETER has been a director since October 2001 and has been our Assistant
Secretary since October 6, 1988. Since 1992, Mr. Schlueter has been the Managing
Director of Schlueter & Associates, P.C., a law firm, practicing in the
areas of securities, mergers and acquisitions, finance and corporate law. Mr.
Schlueter has served as our United States corporate and securities counsel since
1988. From 1989 to 1991, prior to establishing Schlueter & Associates, P.C.,
Mr. Schlueter was a partner in the Denver, Colorado office of Kutak Rock (formerly
Kutak, Rock & Campbell), and from 1984 to 1989, he was a partner in the
Denver office of Nelson & Harding. Mr. Schlueter is a member of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Colorado and Denver Bar Associations
and the Wyoming State Bar.
Anthony So, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the
Board of Directors is the father of Andrew So, the Company’s President
and Chief Operating Officer, and Albert So, the Company’s Chief Financial
Officer, Treasurer and Secretary.
No arrangement or understanding exists between any such director or officer
and any other persons pursuant to which any director or executive officer was
elected as a director or executive officer. Our directors are elected annually
and serve until their successors take office or until their death, resignation
or removal. The executive officers serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.
Bonso Electronics International Inc. currently has 528 employees.