Dr. Zhou joined the Company on 6 March 2015 as an executive director and from 6 March 2015 to 3 September 2021, he served as Chairman of the Board of the Company. Dr. Zhou received a Master of Management degree from the University of Science and Technology of China, and a Doctor of Economics degree from the Central China Normal University. Dr. Zhou has more than 30 years of experience in the economic operation, regulation and management of industry and information technology. Prior to his current employment, Dr. Zhou severed as the Chief Economist and the Director of Finance of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Prior to that, he worked in several divisions in the Ministry of Information Industry, the Ministry of Electronics Industry, the Ministry of Machinery and Electronics Industry, and the state owned DongGuangDian Factory. Dr. Zhou is currently the Executive Vice Chairman of the China Information Technology Industry Federation, the Chairman of the China Semiconductor Industry Association, the Chairman of the Board of Jiangsu Changdian Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.( a company listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange: 600584), an independent director of the Nantian Electronics Information Co., Ltd (a company listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange: 000948). Dr. Zhou also serves as a director of certain subsidiaries of the Company.

During Dr. Chiang’s 40-year career in the semiconductor industry, he has contributed to the research and development of CMOS, NMOS, Bipolar, DMOS, SOS, SOI, GaAs lasers, LED, E-Beam lithography and silicon solar cells. At TSMC, Dr. Chiang led TSMC R&D team set milestones in semiconductor technology in the 0.25μm, 0.18μm, 0.15μm, 0.13μm, 90nm, 65nm, 40nm, 28nm, 20nm and 16nm FinFET generations, transformed Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (“TSMC”) from a technology follower to a technology leader. He worked at Texas Instruments and Hewlett-Packard after completing his study. Then, he returned to Taiwan in 1997 to serve as TSMC’s Vice President of Research and Development. He was Co-Chief Operating Officer when he retired at the end of 2013. After that, Dr. Chiang served as the Adviser to Chairman at TSMC, SMIC’s independence non-executive director and Chief Executive Officer of Wuhan Hongxin Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd

Dr. Chiang’s achievements have won many awards and honours. In 2001, he was chosen as one of the 50 “Stars of Asia” by Businessweek Magazine. This award recognizes the outstanding performance of TSMC’s R&D team under his leadership, his vision and his determination. He was made a Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2002.

He received ERSO Award and was honoured as National Taiwan University Distinguished Alumni in 2013. He won IEEE Ernst Weber Managerial Leadership Award and was elected Taiwan ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute) Laureate in 2015.

Dr. Chiang has devoted his career to advancing the semiconductor technology and developing the semiconductor industry, and is a pioneer in making digital technology commonplace in our society.

Dr. Chiang earned his Bachelor of Science degree from National Taiwan University in 1968, his Master of Science degree from Princeton University in 1970 and his Doctorate from Stanford University in 1974, all in Electrical Engineering.

Dr. Zhao Haijun became the Executive Director on October 16, 2017 and Chief Executive Officer (now known as Co-Chief Executive Officer) of the Company since May 10, 2017. Dr. Zhao joined the Company in October 2010 and was appointed as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President in April 2013. In July 2013, Dr. Zhao was appointed as General Manager of Semiconductor Manufacturing North China (Beijing) Corporation, a joint venture company established in Beijing and a subsidiary of the Company. Dr. Zhao received his degree in bachelor of science and doctor of philosophy in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University (Beijing) and master degree in business administration from the University of Chicago. He has 26 years of experience in semiconductor operations and technology development. Dr. Zhao has also served as an independent director on the board of directors of Zhejiang Juhua Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: 600160), a company which is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange since November 2016.  Dr. Zhao also serves as a director of certain subsidiaries of the Company.

Dr. Mongsong Liang, was appointed as Co-Chief Executive Officer and the Executive Director of the company since October 16, 2017. Dr. Liang graduated with a doctor of philosophy degree in electrical engineering from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Liang has been engaged in the semiconductor industry for over 34 years. Dr. Liang was involved in memories and advanced logic process technology developments. Dr. Liang owns over 450 patents and has published over 350 technical papers. He is a Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).

Dr. Zhou Mei Sheng, was appointed as Executive Vice President of Technology Research and Development since October 12, 2017. Before Dr.Zhou joined the company, she served in Lam Research China as Regional CTO, prior to that, Dr. Zhou has ever served as Vice President of the company, and earlier to that, she has ever conducted various levels of management positions in Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, TSMC, UMC and Global Foundries. Dr. Zhou received BSc and MSc degrees from Fudan University China in 1982 & 1985 respectively, and Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from Princeton University in 1990. Equipped with more than 20 years’ experience in world’s leading foundry companies, Dr. Zhou has accumulated extensive and rich management experience in advanced technology R&D, technical cooperation, technology transfer, verification of mass production, the start-up operation/mass production/operation of 12” Fab, and gradually shaped her own distinctive management philosophy. Specialized in module device, process and integrated technology, Dr. Zhou has been awarded with more than 130 US patents and published over 40 papers as co-inventor/author.