Morris Chang is the Chairman. He has been the founding Chairman of our board of
directors since our establishment and was our Chief Executive Officer from March
1998 to June 2005. He again served as our Chief Executive Officer since June 2009
before retiring as Chief Executive Officer on November 12, 2013. From 1985 to
1994, he was President and then Chairman of the board of directors of ITRI. Prior
to that, Dr. Chang was President and Chief Operating Officer of General Instrument
Corporation; Group Vice-President for Texas Instruments. He is also a member of
National Academy of Engineering in the U.S., Life Member Emeritus of MIT Corporation
in the U.S., fellow of the Computer History Museum in the U.S., Laureate of ITRI
and Honorary Chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA). He
holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering
from Stanford University and has been active in the international semiconductor
industry for over 62 years.
F.C. Tseng is the Vice Chairman. He has been our Vice Chairman since July 2005.
He was Deputy Chief Executive Officer from August 2001 to June 2005. He is also
the Chairman of TSMC China Co., Ltd. and Global Unichip Corp., and the Vice
Chairman of VIS. He also serves as an independent director, Chairman of Audit
Committee and a member of Compensation Committee of Acer Inc. He formerly served
as the President of VIS from 1996 to 1998 and our President from May 1998 to
August 2001. Prior to his presidency at VIS, Dr. Tseng served as our Senior
Vice President of Operations. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from
National Cheng-Kung University and has been active in the semiconductor industry
for over 46 years.
Mei-ling Chen, the representative of the National Development Fund, is a director.
Dr. Mei-ling Chen is the Minister without Portfolio, R.O.C. Executive Yuan and
concurrently Minister, National Development Council. She served as the Secretary-General
of Executive Yuan from May 2016 to September 2017, the Secretary-General of
Tainan City Government from 2010 to 2016, the Deputy Secretary-General of Executive
Yuan from 2006 to 2008, the Chairperson of Legal Affairs Commission and concurrently
Chairperson of Petition Reviewing Commission, Executive Yuan from 2002 to 2006,
and the Director-General of Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Justice
from 2000 to 2002. Dr. Chen was also an Associate Professor of Law at Chinese
Culture University from 2008 to 2010. Dr. Chen holds a Ph.D. in Law from National
Chengchi University.
Stan Shih is an independent director. He is the co-founder and Chairman Emeritus
of the Acer Group. He served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
the Acer Group from 1976 to 2004. He is currently the Director and Honorary
Chairman of Acer Inc., and the Chairman of Stan Shih Foundation and a director
of Wistron Corp., Nan Shan Life Insurance Co., Ltd., Egis Technology Inc., Digitimes
Inc. and Chinese Television System Inc. Mr. Shih holds a bachelor’s degree,
a master’s degree and an honorary Ph.D. in electrical engineering from
National Chiao Tung University. He also holds an honorary doctoral degree in
technology from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, an honorary fellowship
from the University of Wales and an honorary doctoral degree in international
law from the Thunderbird, American Graduate School of International Management.
Sir Peter L. Bonfield is an independent director. Sir Peter Bonfield was the
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee of British Telecommunications
from January 1996 to January 2002, and the Vice President of the British Quality
Foundation from its creation in 1993 until 2012. He is currently the Chairman
of the Board of Directors of NXP Semiconductor N.V. in the Netherlands and Global
Logic Inc. in the U.S. He is also a member of the Longreach Group Advisory Board.
He also serves as a board mentor of CMi and a senior advisor to Alix Partners
and Hampton Group in London. He is a fellow of The Royal Academy of Engineering
and the Chair of Council and Senior Pro-Chancellor at Loughborough University
in UK. He holds an honors degree in engineering from Loughborough University.
Thomas J. Engibous is an independent director. He joined Texas Instruments (“TI”)
in 1976 and served there until retirement in 2008. During his 32-year career
at TI, his duties included Chairman from 2004 to 2008, Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer from 1998 to 2004, President and Chief Executive Officer
from 1996 to 1998 and Executive Vice President and President of the company’s
Semiconductor Group from 1993 to 1996. Mr. Engibous served as the Chairman of
J.C. Penney Company Inc. from 2012 to 2015 and its Lead Director from 2015 to
2016. He serves as Honorary Trustee of the Southwestern Medical Foundation.
He is also a member of National Academy of Engineering and Texas Business Hall
of Fame. He received the Woodrow Wilson Award in 2004. He holds a master’s
degree in electrical engineering and an honorary doctorate in engineering from
Purdue University.
Kok-Choo Chen is an independent director. Ms. Chen served as the Chairman of
National Performing Arts Center from 2014 to January 2017, and an advisor to
the R.O.C. Executive Yuan from 2009 to 2016. She was the founder and Executive
Director of Taipei Story House from 2003 to 2015. She served as our Senior Vice
President and General Counsel from 1997 to 2001. Currently, Ms. Chen is the
Founder and Executive Director of the Museum207 located in Taipei. Ms. Chen
has over 24 years of experience working in international law firms. She had
also taught law at Soochow University, National Chengchi University and National
Tsing Hua University in Taiwan for over 28 years. Ms. Chen is licensed to practice
law in England, Singapore and California.
Michael R. Splinter is an independent director. Mr. Splinter served as Chief
Executive Officer of Applied Materials from 2003 to 2012 and as Chairman of
the Board of Directors since 2009 and retired in June 2015. Prior to that, he
served at Intel Corp. as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing from
2001 to 2003, and Executive Vice President of Technology and Manufacturing group
from 1996 to 2001. Mr. Splinter currently serves as Chairman of NASDAQ, Inc.
and Director of Pica8, Inc. and Meyer Burger Technology Ltd. He is also a General
Partner of WISC Partners LP. Mr. Splinter holds a master degree in electrical
engineering, and an honorary Ph.D. in engineering from the University of Wisconsin
Madison.
Mark Liu is a director. Currently Dr. Mark Liu is our President and Co-Chief
Executive Officer. Prior to that, he was our Executive Vice President and Co-Chief
Operating Officer from March 2012 to November 2013, Senior Vice President of
Operations from 2009 to 2012, Senior Vice President of Advanced Technology Business
from 2008 to 2009. From 2005 to 2008, Dr. Liu was Senior Vice President of Operations
II. He served in a number of executive positions at TSMC Fabs and the Operations
organization from 1999 to 2005. From 1999 to 2000, he served as the President
of Worldwide Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. Prior to joining us in 1993,
from 1987 to 1993, Dr. Liu was with AT&T Bell Laboratory, Holmdel, NJ, as
a research manager for the High Speed Electronics Research Laboratory, working
on optical fiber communication systems. From 1983 to 1987, he was a process
integration manager of CMOS technology development at Intel Corporation, Santa
Clara, CA, developing silicon process technologies for Intel microprocessor.
He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from University
of California, Berkeley.
C.C. Wei is a director. Currently Dr. C.C. Wei is our President and Co-Chief
Executive Officer. He also serves as the Chairman of TSMC Nanjing Co., Ltd.
and the Chairman of TSIA. Dr. Wei was our Executive Vice President and Co-Chief
Operating Officer from March 2012 to November 2013, Senior Vice President of
Business Development from 2009 to 2012, and Senior Vice President of Mainstream
Technology Business from 2008 to 2009. From 2005 to 2008, Dr. Wei was Senior
Vice President of Operations I. He served in a number of executive positions
at TSMC Fabs and the Operations organization from 1998 to 2005. Before joining
us in 1998, he was Senior Vice President of Technology at Chartered Semiconductor
Manufacturing Ltd. in Singapore and Senior Manager for Logic and SRAM technology
development at STMicroelectronics N.V. in Texas. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical
engineering from Yale University.
Stephen T. Tso retired on March 1, 2018. Prior to his retirement, he was our
Senior Vice President of Information Technology, Material Management and Risk
Management and Chief Information Officer. From October 1998 to January 2003,
he was Senior Vice President of Operations and was assigned as the President
of WaferTech from April 2000 to October 2004. He was Senior Vice President of
Worldwide Marketing & Sales from May 1997 to October 1998. Prior to joining
us as Vice President of Research & Development in December 1996, he was
General Manager of Metal CVD Products in Applied Materials. Dr. Tso holds a
Ph.D. in material science and engineering from University of California, Berkeley.
Lora Ho is our Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
/ Spokesperson. Prior to joining us in 1999 as controller, she had served as
Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer at Acer Semiconductor
Manufacturing Inc. since 1990. Ms. Ho holds an MBA from National Taiwan University.
Wei-Jen Lo is our Senior Vice President of Research & Development / Technology
Development. He was promoted to Senior Vice President of Research & Development
in February 2014. He was Vice President of Research & Development from February
2013 to February 2014, Vice President of Operations/Manufacturing Technology
from October 2009 to February 2013, Vice President of Advanced Technology Business
from September 2009 to October 2009, Vice President of Research & Development
from June 2006 to September 2009, and Vice President of Operations from July
2004 to June 2006. Prior to joining us in 2004, he was Director in charge of
advanced technology development with Intel Corporation. Dr. Lo holds a Ph.D.
in solid state physics & surface chemistry from University of California,
Berkeley.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited currently has 70871 employees.
