공지 • Jun 27
FIH Mobile Limited Announces CEO Changes, Effective July 1, 2024
FIH Mobile Limited announced that Mr. CHIH Yu Yang will resign as the chief executive officer of the Company and Mr. LIN Chia-Yi (also known as Charles LIN) ("Mr. Lin"), an executive director of the Company, will be appointed as the chief executive officer of the Company, effective July 1, 2024. CHIH Yu Yang (Mr.), Chinese (Taiwan) and aged 65, will be re-designated from acting chairman to chairman of the Board of the Company, and will resign as the chief executive officer of the Company, in both cases with effect from 1 July 2024. Mr. Chih joined the Company as an executive director in August 2009 and has acted as the chief executive officer of the Company since July 2012 and the acting chairman of the Board since January 2017. He is also the chairman of the corporate governance committee of the Company. Mr. Chih is an executive director and the chief executive officer of Mobile Drive Netherlands B.V. (a joint venture incorporated in the Netherlands indirectly 50%-owned by the Company). He is the chairman of FIH Co. Ltd., a director of Chiun Mai Communication Systems Inc. ("CMCS") and Transluck Holding Limited (formerly known as Transworld Holdings Limited), and also a non-executive director of Bharat FIH Limited (formerly known as Rising Stars Mobile India Private Limited and then Bharat FIH Private Limited) ("BFIH"), all being subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. Chih was the chairman of CMCS during the period from August 2018 to February 2024 and the chairman of BFIH during the period from November 2021 to January 2024 and a director of Evenwell Digitech Inc. from September 2009 to February 2024, all being subsidiaries of the Company. He was also a director of iCare Diagnostics International Co. Ltd. (a start-up company incorporated in Taiwan) from September 2020 to August 2023. Mr. Chih joined the Group in 2005 when the Group acquired CMCS. Before joining the Group, Mr. Chih was the founder of CMCS since its establishment in 2001. Moreover, he is a director of a subsidiary and an associate of (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd., for identification purposes only, being the Company's ultimate controlling shareholder). He has more than 44 years of extensive experience in the communication industries and also possesses experience in risk management. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Chih was the vice president and general manager of Communication B.U. in Acer Communications and Multimedia Inc. (now known as BenQ) where he was responsible for BenQ's cellular phone business. Prior to that, he held various engineering and managerial positions in companies including ITT Corporation, GTE Corporation and Rockwell Semiconductor Systems. Mr. Chih obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan in 1980. LIN Chia-Yi (also known as Charles LIN) (Mr.), Chinese (Taiwan) and aged 53, will be appointed as the chief executive officer of the Company with effect from 1 July 2024. Mr. Lin has acted as an executive director of the Company since March 2023. He has over 27 years of experience in communication and computer industries. He is the vice president of the Group, who is mainly responsible for the profit and loss of DMS (Design & Manufacturing Solutions) business unit, implementing management by objectives and maintaining customer satisfaction, improving gross profit margin and operating margin and developing core technologies as the primary objectives. Mr. Lin is the chairman (previously, a director during the period from August 2018 to February 2024) of CMCS and a director of Execustar International Limited, both being subsidiaries of the Company. He has also acted as a director of (Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Co. Ltd., for identification purposes only), a subsidiary of the Company, since January 2024. Mr. Lin is expertized in the field of premium Smartphone (SP) and interrelated mobile devices and leads the business development, research and development (R&D) engineering, new product introduction (NPI) and manufacturing teams, to provide solid NPI services as well as manufacturing and delivery services to customers. Through performing his roles and functions within the Group, Mr. Lin has accumulated years of experience and competitive advantages in SP design, antenna, mechanical engineering, software development and testing tool development, and is dedicated to realize successful products to customers. In addition, Mr. Lin is currently leading the team in building artificial intelligent core technology based on current core technologies, and has been actively participating in the Group "3+3" (three key industries "electric vehicles, digital health, and robotics industries" and three key technologies "artificial intelligence, semiconductors and next-generation communication technologies") strategy's new business development in robotics segment as an upfront investment for its long-term development. He joined the Group in 2005 and was in charge of the original design manufacturing (ODM) business operation when the Group acquired CMCS. Mr. Lin has led the team to transform feature phone ODM business to SP ODM business successfully in 2012. Furthermore, he has performed multi-functional roles across business operation, R&D engineering, NPI engineering, and manufacturing and built highly trusted partnerships with customers in launching a series of premium SP products since 2017. Before joining the Company, Mr. Lin was the product manager of BenQ (formerly known as Acer Communications and Multimedia Inc.) and Quanta Computer Inc. from 1996 to 2001. He also worked with Acer as a strategic sourcing officer in which he had been delegated to Netherlands for 2 years and leading of the procurement management team. Mr. Lin joined CMCS in 2001, mainly responsible for product management. Mr. Lin obtained a master's degree in business (MBA) from National Taiwan University in 1994 and a bachelor's degree in marine environmental engineering from National Sun Yat-sen University in 1992.
