Born in September 1948, Dr. TSENG Shieng-chang Carter is an independent non-executive director, the chairperson of the Remuneration Committee, and a member of the Audit Committee and the Nomination Committee. Dr. TSENG Shieng-chang Carter became an independent non-executive director in July 2011. Dr. TSENG Shieng-chang Carter is currently a senior consultant of the Shenzhen Municipal Government, senior consultant of Tianjin Economic Technological Development Area and the executive chairperson of Nankai International Business Forum. Dr. TSENG Shieng-chang Carter also serves as adjunct professor at a number of renowned universities over the globe including the University of Alberta (Canada), the City University of Hong Kong, the Nankai University in Tianjin, the Sichuan University and the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in Chengdu. Dr. TSENG Shieng-chang Carter is also a member of the US-based "Committee of 100". Dr. TSENG Shieng-chang Carter holds a Bachelor's Degree of Science in Electrical Engineering from the National Taiwan University, he then pursued further studies at the University of California where he obtained his Master's and Doctor's Degrees in Computer Science and Electronics Engineering. Dr. TSENG Shieng-chang Carter has over 40 years of experience in the high-tech industry. While in the U.S., Dr. TSENG Shieng-chang Carter worked at Palo Alto Research Center, Inc. in Silicon Valley and various U.S.-based companies including Lockheed Aircraft Co. and NRL. Dr. TSENG Shieng-chang Carter then returned to Taiwan in 1980, and was a co-founder of Microtek International Inc. which was listed in 1988 - the then world class leader in the image scanner industry, one of the first and most successful listed high-tech companies based in Taiwan Hsinchu Science Park. Dr. TSENG Shieng-chang Carter has also drawn on his rich experience to coach and mentor executives and managers in the high-tech arena. In 1998, Dr. TSENG Shieng-chang Carter set up the "Little Dragon Foundation" with a mission to guide entrepreneurs of tomorrow, which has served many large corporations in the PRC. Dr. TSENG Shieng-chang Carter also serves as an overseas director of Canada National Institute of Nano-Technology and a director of China National Academy of Nano Technology & Engineering.