Board of Directors
Corporate Governance
Board of KNH develops and implements diversity policy
Composition of its members
The Company’s “Procedures for Election of Directors ” and the “Corporate Governance Best-Practice Principles” have diversified policies for the composition of the members of the Board. The Company considers its business model and development needs and has planned an appropriate diversity policy, including but not limited to the following two major criteria:
1.Basic requirements: Gender and age.
2.Professional knowledge and skills: Industry experience and professional competence.
The objectives of the Company’s diversity policy management are as follows:
| Management objective | Achievement |
| The number of directors who are also managerial officers of the Company shall not exceed one-third of the number of directors. | Achieved |
| Women account for one-third of the board members. | Achieved |
The independent directors account for 36%; directors serving as the Company’s employees account for 27%. Independent directors with under 3 years of service is 3. Directors over the age of 71 is 3; between the age of 61-70 is 2; and under the age of 60 is 6. All directors have extensive experience in diversified industries, including: nonwoven, industrial machinery, daily necessities, construction engineering, electrical and mechanical engineering, water treatment engineering, banking, securities, law, and development of process equipment diagnostic technology. These directors also possess a wide range of professional capabilities, including: management, leadership, risk management, marketing, financial accounting and finance, international economics, industrial technology and manufacturing, business law, information technology, asset management, data analysis and market research, so as to strengthen the structure of the Company’s Board of Directors.
According to Article 20 of the Company’s Corporate Governance Best-Practice Principles, the board of directors of the Company shall be responsible for the shareholders’ meetings and various operations and arrangements of its corporate governance system. The board of directors shall also ensure that shareholders perform their duties according to laws and regulations, measures of the Articles of Incorporation or resolutions made at the shareholders’ meeting. The Company shall consider the management development scales, the shareholding situating of its main shareholders and its practical operation needs when establishing the structure of the board of directors The composition of the board of directors shall be determined by taking diversity into consideration. An appropriate policy on diversity based on the Company’s business operations, operating dynamics, and development needs be formulated and includes, without being limited to, the following two general standards:
- I. Basic requirements and values: Gender, age, nationality, and culture.
- II. Professional knowledge and skills: A professional background (e.g., law, accounting, industry, finance, marketing, and
- technology), professional skills, and industry experience.
All members of the board shall have the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to perform their duties. To achieve
the ideal goal of corporate governance, the board of directors shall possess the following abilities:
I. The ability to make judgments about operations.
- II. Accounting and financial analysis ability.
III. Business management ability.
- IV. Crisis management ability.
- V. Knowledge of the industry.
- VI. An international market perspective.
VII. Leadership ability.
VIII. Decision-making ability.
Diversified Item
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Below 60 years old | 61-70 years old | Over 71 years old | Nonwoven | Industrial machinery | Daily Necessities | Construction Engineering | Electromechanical Engineering | Bank | Water Treatment Engineering | Securities | Law | Ship and Sea Transportaion | Food Industry | Auto Parts Industry | Business Administration | Leadership Decision | Risk Management | Marketing | International Economic | Industrial Technology and Manufacturing | Financial Accounting and Finance | Business Law | Information Technology | Asset Management | Industrial System Analysis | Management Psychology | |||||
Tai, Hwa-Ming | Chairman | Male |
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Hsieh, Hsiu-Ling | Director | Female |
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Tai, Hsiu-Ling | Director | Female | V | V |
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Lin, Min-Chen | Director | Male |
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Tai, Hsiu-Ching | Director | Female | V | V | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kang Yao Investment Co., Ltd. (Representative: Tai, Jung-Chi) | Director | Male | V | V | V | V | V | V | V | V | V | ||||||||||||||||||||
Kang Yao Investment Co., Ltd. (Representative: Tai, Fu-Jen) | Director | Male |
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Hsu, Chiang | Independent Director | Male |
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Hwang, Jen-Te | Independent Director | Male |
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Ting, Pi-Hui | Independent
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Hu, Yen-Jung | Independent Director | Male | V | 1 | V | V | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
19th member board of directors
Term of office: 2023.06.15~2026.06.14
| Name | Job Title | Gender | Main working (education) experience |
| Tai, Hwa-Ming | Chairman | Male | •Director and supervisor of Jiou Hong Industrial Co., Ltd. •Director of Jian Sheng Bitumen Enterprise Ltd. •Director of Taichu Engineer Co., Ltd. •Director of Outlook Investment Pte Ltd. •Far East College. |
| Hsieh, Shiu-Ling | Director | Female | •Finance and Secretary of Dongyi Enterprise Co., Ltd. •Supervisor of KNH Enterprise Co., Ltd. •MBA, University Of Texas At Dallas. |
| Tai, Hsiu-Ling | Director | Female | •Chairman and General Manager of KNH (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. •Director of Procurement Division of KNH Enterprise Co., Ltd. •Director of Litnertex Co., Ltd. •Chairman and General Manager of Shanghai Kang You International Trading Co., Ltd. •Director and General Manager of ChengDu KNH Technology Co., Ltd. •Director of K. Jie Water & Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd. •Director of Outlook Investment Pte Ltd. •Chairman and General Manager of Shanghai KNH International Trading Co., Ltd. •Chairman of KNH (Yangzhou) Co., Ltd. •Director of Kangyao Investment Co., Ltd. •EMBA, National Chengchi University. |
Lin, Min-Chen | Director | Male | •CEO & CTO Of Evans Information Management Corp. •Vice President Of Taiwan Keel Boat Association. •Supervisor of KNH Enterprise Co., Ltd. •MBA, Royal Roads University. |
Tai, Hsiu-Ching | Director | Female | •General Manager of Business Division, KNH Enterprise Co., Ltd. •Marketing Director of KNH Enterprise Co., Ltd. •Director of Jian Sheng Bitumen Enterprise Ltd. •Director of Jiou Hong Industrial Co., Ltd. •Director of Hi-Pure Biotechnology Co., Ltd. •M.Des, University of Washington (USA) |
Kang Yao Investment Co., Ltd. (Representative: Tai, Jung-Chi) | Director | Male | •President of Asia Nonwoven Fabrics Association. •President of Taiwan Technical Textiles Association. •Vice President of Taiwan Federation of Industry. •Chairman of Litnertex Co., Ltd. •Chairman of Hi-Pure Biotechnology Co., Ltd. •Chairman of K Jie Water & Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd. •Chairman of Kangyao Investment Co., Ltd. •Tamkang Junior College of English. |
Kangyao Investment Co., Ltd.: (Representative of Juristic person: Tai, Fu-Jen) | Director | Male | •Director and supervisor of Jian Sheng Bitumen Enterprise Ltd. •Director and general Manager of K. Jie Water & Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd. •Director of Chengchiuan Co., Ltd. •EMBA of Chang Jung Christian University. |
Hsu, Chiang | Independent Director | Male | •Lifetime emeritus professor of Department of Business Administration, CJCU. •Independent director of TYC Brother Industrial Co, Ltd. •Founder of The International Friends of Chiang Society. •Senior Consultant of CJCU. •Director of WU-JIN-MAO Cultural Educational Foundation. •Honorary Chairman of Chinese Management Association. •Chairman of CSBC Corporation Taiwan. •Director of Creative Sensor Inc. •Education Training Consultant of CPC Corporation, Taiwan. •Director of CJCU. •Director of Committee Member of China Productivity Center. •Director of Commerce Development Research Institute. •Director of Wei Chuan Foods Corporation. •Adjunct Professor of Department of Industrial and Information Management Institute of Information Management. •Director of Tayih Kenmos Auto Parts Co., Ltd. •Chair Professor/Host of CJCU & WANG-ZI-BIN Academic Lecture. •Independent Director of TAIYEN Biotech Co.,Ltd. •Bachelor degree, Department of educational psychology and counseling, NTNU. •PhD & Master, Management and organizational psychology, UWyo, USA. |
| Hwang, Jen-Te | Independent Director | Male | •Member of Taskforce for Reforming Corporate Governance Working Conference. •Professor and Head of Department of Economics, National Chengchi University. •Director of Joint Credit Information Center. •Director of Land Bank of Taiwan. •Director of Taiwan Accreditation Foundation. •Professor of Department of Finance, Kainan University. •Professor of Department of Finance, Kainan University. •Member of Compensation Committee of KNH Enterprise Co., Ltd. •Doctor in Economics, State University of New York. |
| Ting, Pi-Hui | Independent Director | Female | •Director of Smims Technology Corporation. •Representative Director of GeoNet Information Inc. (Representative：Remote Sensing Information Technology Co., Ltd.) •Professor of Business Administration, CJCU. •Chief Executive of Institutional Research Center, CJCU. •Independent Director, Audit Committee Member, and Compensation Committee Member of KNH Enterprise Co., Ltd. •Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, CJCU. •PhD in Department of Business Management, NSYSU. •Master in Institute of Business & Management, NYCU. |
| Hu, Yen-Jung | Independent Director | Male | •Director of Ho Tan Tran Company Ltd. •Vice President of KNH Enterprise Co., Ltd. •Consultant f KNH Enterprise Co., Ltd. •Doctor of Philosophy, Textile Engineering, Feng Chia University. |
