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Shing-Hwang Kao is currently the Chairman of Mandarin Airlines Ltd.
He is also the President, General Manager & Director of China Airlines Ltd.
In addition, he holds positions as a Director in Cal-Dynasty International, Inc., CAL-Asia Investment Inc., Cal Hotel Co., Ltd., Dynasty Properties Co. Ltd., and as the President & Director of Cal Park Co. Ltd.
Mr. Kao completed his undergraduate degree at National Cheng Kung University.

Founder of AdChina Ltd., Tsun-Ming Kao presently is Co-Chief Technology Officer at Vipshop Holdings Ltd. Mr. Kao is also on the board of ZTO Express (Cayman), Inc. In the past he occupied the position of Chief Technology Officer at Noah Holdings Ltd., Chief Technology Officer of Vipshop Holdings Ltd., Chief Technology Officer of Shanghai Noah Information Technology Co. Ltd., Chief Technology Officer of AdChina Ltd. and Director-China Operations & General Manager at eBay e-Commerce Technology Operations (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. Mr. Kao received an undergraduate degree from Iowa State University.

Mr. Kao Lee is a President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at SecureTech Innovations, Inc. and a President & Chief Executive Officer at Shongkawh LLC. He is on the Board of Directors at SecureTech Innovations, Inc.

Min Hwan Kao is a businessperson who founded Garmin Corp. and who has been at the helm of 6 different companies. Currently, Dr. Kao is Executive Chairman for Garmin Ltd. and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Garmin USA, Inc. and Chairman of Garmin Corp. (both are subsidiaries of Garmin Ltd.). Dr. Kao is also on the board of 8 other companies. In the past Dr. Kao was Chairman of Garmin International, Inc., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Garmin AT, Inc. and Executive Chairman for Garmin (Europe) Ltd. Dr. Kao received a doctorate and a graduate degree from the University of Tennessee and an undergraduate degree from National Taiwan University.

Chih Shang Kao is a businessperson who has been at the head of 7 different companies and presently holds the position of Chairman of Golden Saddle Machinery Co. Ltd., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for I-Mei Foods Co. Ltd., Chairman of AN-SIN Real Estate Management Ltd., Chairman of Chi Tun, Inc. and Chairman of Royal International Co., ltd. He is also on the board of 5 other companies. In his past career Mr. Kao was Chairman-Supervisory Board for Chang Hwa Commercial Bank Ltd. and Chairman for Dah An Commercial Bank (Taiwan). He received a graduate degree from the University of San Francisco.

Mr. Jen Chieh Kao is a Chief Administrative Officer & Deputy GM at CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd. and a Head-Global General Administration Group at CTBC Bank Co. Ltd. He is on the Board of Directors at CTBC Asset Management Co., Ltd., CTBC Securities Co. Ltd. and Taiwan Lottery Corp. Mr. Kao was previously employed as a Chairman by CTBC Insurance Brokers Co. , Ltd. He received his graduate degree from Boston University.

Founder of Macronix International Co., Ltd., Chi Chuan Kao is a businessperson who has been at the head of 5 different companies and is Chairman of PieceMakers Technology, Inc. and Chairman at Pei Jen Co. Ltd. He is also on the board of Hauman Technologies Corp., Paradigm Venture Partners LLC and Wiwynn Corp. In the past Mr. Kao occupied the position of General Manager & Director at Nanya Technology Corp., Executive Vice President at Macronix International Co., Ltd., Chairman & Spokesman at Micron Technology Taiwan, Inc. and Co-President of Tsinghua Unigroup Co., Ltd. Mr. Kao received a graduate degree from North Carolina State University.

Kao Shan Wu is currently the Director at Oriental Union Chemical Corp.
and Everest Textile Co., Ltd.
He is also a Director at Far Eastern Investment (Holding) Ltd.
and Oriental Petrochemical (Taiwan) Co., Ltd.
Additionally, he holds the position of General Manager & President-Petrochemical Industry at Far Eastern New Century Corp.
In the past, he worked as a Director at Asia Cement Corp.
Mr. Wu completed his undergraduate degree at Chinese Culture University.

Shu Kuo Kao is currently the Chairman at Acer Gaming, Inc. and Acer Gadget, Inc. He is also a Non-Executive Director at Winking Studios Ltd.
In the past, he served as the Co-Chief Operating Officer at Acer, Inc. Mr. Kao holds an MBA from National Taipei University and graduated from National Chung Hsing University in 1993.

Li Hsueh Kao is currently a Director at CTBC Venture Capital Co. Ltd., a Director at CTBC Leasing Co. Ltd., a Secretary & Senior Managing Executive Officer at The Tokyo Star Bank Ltd., and a Deputy Spokesman at CITIC Bank International (China) Ltd.
Previously, Ms. Kao held positions as a Director at GCB Finance (HK) Ltd., Treasurer, Head-Finance & Deputy Spokesman at CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd., Senior Vice President at CTBC Bank Co., Ltd., Member-Supervisory board at Tuo Yu Asset Management Servicing Co. Ltd., and Member-Supervisory Board at Ctbc Venture Capital Investment Management (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Ms. Kao obtained an MBA from Baruch College.

Hsiu Ling Kao is a businessperson who has been at the head of 8 different companies. She is Chairman at Afternoon Tea Taiwan Co. Ltd., Chairman for Being Sport, Chairman of Uni-President Department Store Corp., Chairman for President Drugstore Business Corp., Chairman at President Being Corp., Chairman for President Pharmaceutical Corp., Chairman at President Fair Development Corp. and Chairman for Kao Chyuan Investment Co., Ltd. She is also on the board of 16 other companies. She received an undergraduate degree from Marymount California University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California.

Teh Jung Kao is currently an Independent Director at CoAdna Photonics, Inc., Chia Chang Co. Ltd., and WellsTech Optical Co., Ltd.
Previously, he held positions such as Chairman at Prevision Technology Ltd., Non-Executive Director at TCC International Holdings Ltd., and Director at Golden Bridge Electech Inc., LuxNet Corp., Continental Holdings Corp., CoAdna Holdings, Inc., Primax Electronics Ltd., Taiwan Cement Corp., and Philips Taiwan Ltd.
He obtained an undergraduate degree from National Cheng Kung University.

Peng Wen Kao is an Independent Director at Chlitina Holding Ltd.
since 2012.
Prior to this, he worked as a Director at Jess-Link Products Co., Ltd.
and as a Chief Operating Officer at Walsin Lihwa Corp.
Mr. Kao holds an MBA from Duke University.

Kao Moua currently works at Amherst H.
Wilder Foundation, as Principal from 2010.

Wei-Ya Kao is currently the Chairman & General Manager at Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.
He started this position in 2019.
Prior to this, he obtained an MBA from the University of La Verne.

Jüri Käo is currently the Chairman of the Supervisory Board at TKM Grupp AS, Chairman of the Management Board at NG Investeeringud OÜ, Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Kitman Thulema AS, Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Kaubamaja AS, Chairman of the Supervisory Board at TKM King AS, Chairman of the Estonian Employers' Confederation, Director at Liviko AS, Director at Balbiino AS, Director at TKM Latvija SIA, Director at OÜ Roseni Kinnisvara, Director at AS Kitman Thulema, Director at Tkm Lietuva Uab, Director at Kuulsaal Ou, Member of the Supervisory Board at TKM Auto OÜ, Member of the Executive Board at Roseni Majad OÜ, Member of the Supervisory Board at Kitman Coldtech Ou, and Member of the Supervisory Board at Ng Logistics Ou.
Mr. Käo previously served as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Eesti Energia AS and Vice Chairman of the Eesti Kaubandus-Tööstuskoda from 1995 to 2015.

Te-Pei Kao is currently a Director at Uchi Optoelectronic (M) Sdn.
Bhd., Uchi Electronic (M) Sdn.
Bhd., and Uchi Technologies (Dongguan) Co. Ltd.
He previously worked as an Executive Director at Uchi Technologies Bhd.
from 2012 to 2019 and as a Director at Uchi Industries (M) Sdn.
Bhd.
Mr. Kao received his undergraduate degree from St. John's University (Taiwan) in 1980.

Ssu-Fu Kao is currently the General Manager & Director at Twinhead International Corp.
and the Director at Lun Yang Technology Corp.
He holds an MBA from New York University.

Kevin Kao is currently the Vice President-Sales at NextWindow Ltd.
He previously worked as a Regional Manager-Accounts at NXP Semiconductors (USA), Inc. Mr. Kao received his undergraduate degree and MBA from the University of La Verne.

Johnny Kao has worked as the Chairman of Radiation Oncology at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center since 2012.

Ms. Vivian A.
Kao is an Independent Non-Executive Director at Sun Hung Kai & Co. Ltd.
and a Principal at Tamarind Global.
She is on the Board of Directors at Sun Hung Kai & Co. Ltd.
Ms. Kao was previously employed as a Chief Growth Officer by WeLab Holdings Ltd., a General Manager by The Chope Group Pte Ltd., and a Research Analyst by Goldman Sachs & Co. She received her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College, an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MBA from Harvard University.

Jeannie Kao worked as an Executive Vice President-International Banking at Bridge Capital Holdings and as an Executive VP & Manager-International Banking at Bridge Bank, NA.
She holds a graduate degree from the University of Illinois and an undergraduate degree from National Taiwan University.

Ms. Annie Kao is Marketing Director at Atlantis Investment Management.
She joined Atlantis in 2008 and is responsible for marketing and business development for the Atlantis China business.
Prior to joining Atlantis, Ms. Kao worked at SAIL Advisors, a fund of hedge funds, as the Vice President responsible for marketing, business development, and investor relations for Asian and US clients.
Before this, she worked in Silicon Valley, California for six years.
Here she was at Spruce Venture Capital (Concord Venture Capital) where she was Vice President responsible for US and cross-border investments, M&As, IPOs and served as a Board Director of various start-up companies.
Prior to this, Ms. Kao was an analyst at Pacific Venture Partners.
Ms. Kao graduated in 1999 from the University of Massachusetts with a BSc in Finance.
In 2005, she received an MBA in Marketing from the University of San Francisco.

Joe Kao is currently a Director at Jumio Corp.
and a Partner at Millennium TVP Management Co. LLC.
He previously worked as a Principal at Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and as a Consultant at McKinsey & Co., Inc. Mr. Kao received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University and his MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Sheng Kao is currently a Director at Asia Best Healthcare Co. Ltd., E-Young Tech Co., Ltd., Royal Pioneer Co., Ltd., Bestsmile Co. Ltd., PharmaCore Biotech Co., Ltd., Chia Yi Investment Co. Ltd.
(Taiwan), Visionfront Corp., Sunrise Health Care Co., and Yujia Medical Service Co. Ltd.
He is also a Member-Supervisory Board at Chia Yi Investment Co. Ltd.
(Taiwan), Visionfront Corp., Sunrise Health Care Co., and Yujia Medical Service Co. Ltd.
Dr. Kao previously worked as a Director-Supervisory Board at Arich Enterprise Co., Ltd.
from 2009 to 2013.
He also held positions as a Director-Supervisory Board at RTS Excelsior Co. Ltd., General Manager & Deputy Spokesman at Excelsior Medical Co., Ltd., and Member-Supervisory Board at Bestchain Healthtaiwan Co. Ltd.
Dr. Kao obtained an MBA from National Taiwan University, a doctorate from Shanghai University of Finance & Economics, and an undergraduate degree from National Chung Hsing University.

Linda K.
Kao has held positions as Secretary & Director at The Dallas Assembly and Director at Dallas Museum of Art.

Mr. Gordon Kao is a Senior Portfolio Manager at Lourd Capital LLC.
He joined the firm in 2006.
Mr. Kao started working with Blaine Lourd at Oppenheimer & Co in 2002, and then transitioned with Blaine to AG Edwards in 2003.
Mr. Kao graduated from University of California, Los Angeles with a BS in Mathematics / Economics and Specialization in Computing from UCLA.

Doris Kao is currently working as a Research Analyst at Merrill Lynch Securities (Taiwan) Ltd.
Previously, he worked as a Research Associate at Morgan Stanley Taiwan Ltd.

Anson Kao is the founder and the Chief Technology Officer at Rally Technologies, Inc., a company he founded in 2020.
He is currently a Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund, starting in 2024.
Mr. Kao completed his undergraduate degree at The University of Waterloo in 2010.

Jeffrey C.
Kao served as President & CEO at Systems & Software, Inc. from 2006 to 2007.
He was President-North America Acute Care Division at Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. from 2008 to 2010.
Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President-Flowcast Division at IDX Systems Corp.
from 2004 to 2006.
He also held senior positions at Hill-Rom, Inc. and GE Healthcare Ltd.
(United Kingdom).
He was General Manager at idX Corp.
Mr. Kao served as Chief Information Officer & Senior Vice President at McKesson Specialty Health, Inc. from 2014 to 2017.
He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Washington and his graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

Mr. Tony Kao is a Managing Principal at SECOR Capital Advisors LP.
He is on the Board of Directors at New York University and Secor Partners (UK) Ltd.
He is also a Managing Principal and Co-Founder of SECOR Asset Management, LP and Chief Investment Officer of our investment advisory and solutions business.
He has over 30 years of investment management industry experience.
He currently serves on the Editorial Boards of Journal of Investment Management and Journal of Investment Consulting.
Mr. Kao was employed as a Chief Investment Officer by General Motors Asset Management where his responsibility included employee benefit related plans primarily for General Motors and its affiliates.
His articles have been published extensively in various finance journals and books.
He received his undergraduate degree from National Chung Hsing University and an MBA from New York University.

Mandy Kao has a current job as a Member-Governance Board at Greater Houston Community Foundation.

Daphne Kao is currently the Vice President-People & Culture at Choom Holdings, Inc. Prior to this, she worked as the Director-People & Culture at Knix Wear Inc from 2018 to 2019 and as the Senior Manager-Talent Management at Aritzia, Inc. from 2014 to 2018.
She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto.

Jameson Kao worked as a Senior Associate at BMO Capital Markets Corp.
from 2019 to 2021.
He completed his undergraduate degree in 2013 from New York University Tandon School of Engineering and his graduate degree in 2019 from Zicklin School of Business.

Phyllis Kao currently works as an Assistant Vice President, Specialist, and Head of Saturday Sale at Sotheby's.

Sheng-Chi Kao is currently a Director at Madison International Wine Co. Ltd., Madison Wine (HK) Co. Ltd., Madison (China) Ltd., and Madison Wine Club Ltd.
He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer at Acker Merrall & Condit Co. in 2014 and as a Non-Executive Director at Madison Holdings Group Ltd.
from 2015 to 2017.
Mr. Kao received his undergraduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 1987.

Francis Kao is Partner of Lightspeed China Partners.
He joined the team in 2020 and is based in Shanghai office.
He has 8 years of venture capital experience and 10 years of industry experience.
He focuses on investment opportunities in multiple sectors including enterprise services, medical technology and digitalization of traditional industry.
His key investments include Bluepha, Convertlab, Linkedcare, METiS, Stepone, Textiles Future, Stonewise, Bestsign, Boohee Health, BFxiaoke, Gago Bigdata, SequoiaDB, Tungee, Udesk, etc.
Francis previously worked as Investment Director at Alibaba Group.
While working with Alibaba, Francis led the group’s efforts in innovative technology investment and e-commerce business strategy investments.
Prior to Alibaba, he was Investment VP of DCM Venture Partners.
Prior to DCM, he worked with Amazon and Asus where he held positions in sales, marketing, and product management in the United States, India and Greater China.
Francis was honored as the “40 under 40 Top Investor” by Cyzone in 2017 and 2020.
In 2021, he was honored as the “F40 Chinese Young Investor” by the PE Daily.
Francis holds a B.A.
in International Business Management from National Taiwan University and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University.

Connie Kao has worked as the Group Vice President-Investor & Media Relations at Ross Stores, Inc. since 2011.

Howard Kao has a current job as a Director at D-Link Corp.

Jung Kao has founded Mao Hua Enterprise Co., Ltd.
in 2006, where he held the title of General Manager.
Currently, he holds the position of Executive Director at Universe Printshop Holdings Ltd.
since 2023 and is also the General Manager at HOME MAKING CREATIVE PRINTING CO., LTD.

Nien-Teu Kao worked as a Member-Supervisory Board at Pacific Image Electronics Co., Ltd.

Cheng-Yuan Kao has worked as a Vice Chairman at American First National Bank in Houston, Texas.

Ms. Joanna C.
Kao is an Associate at Arlington Capital Partners LLC.
She joined Arlington in 2008.
Prior to joining the firm, she worked for Citi’s Global Technology Investment Banking group in New York, focusing primarily on companies in the IT services, communication equipment and software sectors.
At Citi, she was involved with numerous mergers and acquisitions and capital markets financings.
Notable transaction experience includes Caritor’s acquisition of Keane, TPG/Silverlake’s acquisition of Avaya and a range of strategic financings, including the IPO of VanceInfo Technologies, the IPO of Solera Holdings, and various equity-related offerings of Nuance Communications.
Ms. Kao received a B.A.
degree in Economics and International Relations from Stanford University.