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Mr. Lin joined our board of directors in December 2023. Mr. Lin is the Managing Director of Cedar Capital Inc., and he formerly served on the board of directors of Auras Technology Co., Ltd. Mr. Lin has over 35 years of experience in the semiconductor and venture capital industries in executive-level roles and holds a BA in Electronic Engineering from National Chen Kung University in Taiwan, an MBA from Santa Clara University, and an MS in Electronic Engineering from the University of Florida.

Mr. Chow has served as the Chairman of our board of directors since April 2005. Mr. Chow has been the Chairman of Concord Financial Co., Ltd. since 1993. Concord Financial Co., Ltd. is an investment holding company. Mr. Chow has an MBA from Columbia University.

Mr. Tsai joined us as VP of IR and Finance in September 2023, became our interim Chief Financial Officer in April 2024 and was appointed as our Chief Financial Officer in October 2024. He has over 25 years of experience in strategic finance, corporate strategy, investor relations, and Wall Street. His corporate experience spans from software (SaaS) to hardware and semiconductors and prior to rejoining Silicon Motion, Mr. Tsai was Head of IR at Zendesk, Synaptics and Silicon Motion (2008 - 2019) as well as over a decade as a Wall Street equity research analyst. Mr. Tsai holds a BA in Economics and Molecular and Cell Biology from UC Berkeley.

Mr. Chen joined our board of directors in 2012. Mr. Chen is the chairman of Mercuries Co., Ltd. Mr. Chen has dual M. Eng. from Cornell University.

Mr. Duann became our Senior Vice President of Client & Automotive Storage in December 2023, after serving as Senior Vice President of Marketing and R&D for mobile storage since November 2018. In this role, he oversees product planning, major OEM business development and OEM project management for the Company's client SSD controllers, mobile controllers, Ferri products and expandable controllers. He joined Silicon Motion in August 2007 as a product marketing director and R&D team leader. Having served with Silicon Motion since 2007, Mr. Duann has nearly 25 years of experience in product design, development, and marketing in the semiconductor industry. Mr. Duann was most recently leading Silicon Motion's marketing and R&D efforts and has played a key role in leading the company's OEM business for mobile storage and SSD controller solutions, helping to introduce these products and growing them into the market leaders in these markets today. Prior to Silicon Motion, he worked for Sun Microsystems focusing on UltraSPARC microprocessor projects. Mr. Duann has an MS in Communications Engineering from National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan and an MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

Mr. Lin joined our board of directors in September 2018. Mr. Lin was previously a director on our board from 2009 to 2014. Mr. Lin is the Chairman of Premier Capital Management Corp., and Ruby Tech Corp., the Chief Executive Officer of SINOCON Industrial Standards Foundation and Deputy Secretary-General of Cross-Strait CEO Summit. He was previously the Chairman of Taiwan Venture Capital Association and Taiwan Private Equity Association. Mr. Lin has a BS in Electrical Engineering from the National Taiwan University.

Ms. Liu joined our board of directors in June 2005. She serves on the board of the International Council of Women, on the board of supervisors of Concord VIII Venture Capital Co., Ltd. and on the board of directors of New Tamsui Golf Course. She was formerly a research fellow at the Taiwan Research Institute and served on the board of supervisors of China Television Corp. from 2000 to 2004. Ms. Liu has a BA from Wellesley College and a JD from Boston College Law School.

Mr. Kou founded Silicon Motion in 1995 and has been our President and Chief Executive Officer since our founding. Prior to founding Silicon Motion, Mr. Kou was the Vice President and Chief Architect at the Multimedia Products Division of Western Digital Corporation, which developed graphics processors for notebook PCs and was sold to Philips Semiconductor in 1995. Before Western Digital, Mr. Kou worked for Wyse Technology. Mr. Kou has a BS in Electrical & Control Engineering from the National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan and an MS in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Mr. Chung joined our board of directors in June 2005. Mr. Chung is currently the Chairman of Dynapack International Technology Corp., a leading provider of battery packs for notebook PCs, tablets, and battery backup units (BBUs) for data centers. From 1985 to 2000, Mr. Chung was an audit partner at Arthur Andersen. He also serves as a director of Far East International Bank and previously served as a director of Fubon Hyundai Life Insurance Corporation until March 2024. Mr. Chung has a BA in Business Administration from the National Taiwan University and an MBA from the National Cheng-chi University in Taiwan.

Mr. Shieh joined our board of directors in 2014. He is Life Chair Professor at National Yang MingChiao Tung University (NYCU) in Taiwan, a life fellow of the IEEE, a fellow of Optical Society of America (OSA) and the Society for Information Display (SID), and a board member of Dynapack International Tech. Corp., and Focal Tech Inc. Mr. Shieh received his Ph D in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1987. He joined National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) as a professor in 1992 and was previously a Research Staff Member at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center. He was the Dean of the College of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a Senior Vice President of NCTU and a Vice Chancellor of the University System of Taiwan.