Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Mr. Koh Boon Hwee,Chairman

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Mr. Koh Boon Hwee ("Mr. Koh") is the Chairman of our Company. Mr. Koh has served as the Chairman since since November 2004. Mr. Koh brings with him extensive management experience and leadership. He is currently an Executive Director of MediaRing Limited, the Executive Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer of Sunningdale Tech Ltd. and the Chairman of DBS Group Holdings Ltd. and DBS Bank Ltd. Mr. Koh is also a Director of Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd and also sits on the Board of Agilent Technologies, Inc. Furthermore, Mr. Koh is the Chairman of the Board of Trustee of the Nanyang Technological University. Mr. Koh has over 20 years of experience in the IT-related and electronics industries. Mr. Koh was previously Chairman of Singapore Airlines Ltd (2001–2005), SIA Engineering Company Ltd (2003–2005), Omni Industries Ltd (1996–2001), Executive Chairman of Wuthelam Holdings Pte Limited (1991–2000) and, before that, Managing Director of Hewlett Packard Singapore (1985–1990), where he started his career in 1977. Mr. Koh graduated from the Imperial College, University of London, with a Bachelor’s Degree (First Class Honours) in Mechanical Engineering. Mr. Koh also holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (Distinction) from Harvard Business School. Mr. Koh was awarded Singapore’s Public Service Star by the President of Singapore in 1991 and the Meritorious Service Medal in 1995.

Mr. Benjamin Zhengmin Pan,Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director

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Mr. Benjamin Zhengmin Pan ("Mr. Pan"), aged 38, is the Chief Executive Officer and an Executive Director of the Company. Mr. Pan co-founded the Company in 1993. He is responsible for providing strategic direction and leadership to the Company and is also in charge of developing and implementing the Company’s strategic objectives and business plans. Specifically, Mr. Pan is responsible for overseeing the coordination between sales and marketing, research and development, manufacturing, and other functions including quality assurance, finance and human resources. Mr. Pan has been instrumental in spearheading the Company’s expansion outside the PRC. In 1996, he co-founded and was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of American Audio Component Inc. Mr. Pan also co-founded Shenzhen Meiou Electronics Corporation in 1998 and American Audio Components (Changzhou) Co., Ltd. in 2000. In addition to his experience in sales and marketing, manufacturing and management, he has also been instrumental in leading our research and development strategy. He was involved in the development of a number of patents used in the design and manufacturing of polyphonic speakers, miniature receivers, transducers and Electret Condenser Microphones. Mr. Pan graduated from the 江蘇省武進師範學校 (Jiangsu Province Wujin Teaching School) in 1987.

Ms. Ingrid Chunyuan Wu ,Non-Executive Director

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Ms. Ingrid Chunyuan Wu ("Ms. Wu") is a Non-Executive Director of the Company. Ms. Wu co-founded the Company in 1993. In 1996, she co-founded and later became Chief Financial Officer of American Audio Component Inc. in the U.S. She also co-founded Shenzhen Meiou Electronics Corporation in 1998, American Audio Components (Changzhou) Co., Ltd. in 2000, and YEC Electronics Limited in 2001. Before Mr. Du Kuang-Yang joined the Company as the Chief Operating Officer in March 2005, Ms. Wu was responsible for the day-to-day operations of these companies. Ms. Wu graduated from 常州衛生學校 (Changzhou Institute of Public Health) in 1989. Ms. Wu is the spouse of Mr. Benjamin Zhengmin Pan.

Mr. Pei Kang,Non-Executive Director

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Mr. Pei Kang ("Mr. Kang") has served as a Non-Executive Director of our Company since February 2007. He has over 25 years of experience in the technology industry, including over 18 years of experience in various technical and management positions with IBM. He is currently a Managing Partner of Chengwei Ventures Shanghai LLC, a venture capital investment firm that focuses on investing in companies in China. Mr. Kang received a Bachelor of Science degree from the Chinese Culture University in Taipei.

Dr. Thomas Kalon Ng,Non-Executive Director

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Dr. Thomas Kalon Ng ("Dr. Ng") has served as a Non-Executive Director of our Company since November 2004. Dr. Ng has many years of management and investment experience in the high-technology industry. He is currently the Managing Director of Granite Global Ventures. He was the founder of Venture TDF in Singapore. Dr. Ng has also advised the Government of Singapore in its development of “technopreneurship” and served on its advisory board. Dr. Ng has held various senior management positions at Solar Energy Research Institute, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. and Genelabs Technologies. Dr. Ng currently serves on the Board of Directors of Sinosun Technology Co., Hi-Soft Technology and Boston-Power Inc. Dr. Ng earned a Bachelor’s degree of Science in Bacteriology in 1975, a Master’s degree of Science in Bacteriology in 1977 and a Doctor’s degree in Bacteriology and Biochemistry in 1981 from the University of Wisconsin in the U.S.

Dr. Dick Mei Chang , Independent Non-Executive Director

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Dr. Dick Mei Chang ("Dr. Chang") has served as an Independent Non-Executive Director on our Board since November 2004. Dr. Chang is currently the Chairman of Abago Technologies, a privately held semiconductor company headquartered in the U.S. and Singapore. Dr. Chang has over 30 years of experience in the development, manufacturing and marketing of semiconductor products. He joined Hewlett-Packard in 1967 as a member of the technical staff at HP Labs. Over the years, he held several managerial positions within the semiconductor products group of Hewlett-Packard. In 1999, the semiconductor products group of Hewlett-Packard was spun off as part of Agilent Technologies, Inc. Dr. Chang became Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Semiconductor Products Group of Agilent Technologies, Inc. in 2002. Dr. Chang received a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from the California Institute of Technology and a Doctor’s degree in Applied Physics from Stanford University.

Mr. Mok Joe Kuen Richard, Independent Non-Executive Director

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Mr. Mok Joe Kuen Richard ("Mr. Mok") has served as an Independent Non-Executive Director on our Board since April 2005. Mr. Mok is currently a Director at Ulmus Investment Limited, a Hong Kong-based private investment company. With over 20 years of experience in finance, Mr. Mok is a Hong Kong Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Accountant in the United Kingdom. Mr. Mok graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science, London University in 1985.