Director

Kerry Lin Liu is a director on the board of FST Corp. Ms. Liu is passionate about building brands and brings over 25 years of marketing and brand management experience to FST. Her expertise in marketing, advertising, sales, retai,and new product innovation extends across numerous global consumer brands, including Johnson & Johnson, Neutrogena, Del Monte, Kikkoman, Peet’s Coffee, Method, and Jamba Juice. From 2010-2022, she served as a Director for the NielsenIQ company, advising numerous clients on data-driven sales & marketing analytics and strategies. Prior to joining NielsenIQ, she worked in-house at J&J/Neutrogena and started her career at Union Bank. Ms. Liu is the first cousin of Mr. David Chuang, who serves as chairman of FST Corp.

Director

Shintaro Tanahara is a director on the board of FST Corp,Mr. Tanahara is currently a director of FST. Mr. Tanahara graduated from the Department of Economics of Aoyama Gakuin University in Japan with a bachelor’s degree. From 1989 to 2005, he worked in the Corporate Finance Department of Yasuda Life Insurance Company (which merged with Meiji Life Insurance Company in 2004 to form Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company), and served successively as assistant manager and group manager of Yasuda. In 2005, Mr. Tanahara joined the Investment Banking Department of Kyokuto Securities and has been working there ever since, serving as Executive Officer and Senior Executive Officer. Since 2017, Mr. Tanahara has concurrently served as the Senior Managing Executive Officer of Tokyo Asset Solution Co., Ltd, the investment arm of Jidong Securities Group. Mr. Tanahara has more than 25 years of experience in corporate loans, securities investment, and arrangement of securitized transactions. Since March 2018, he has served as the corporate director appointee of Japan Brand Business Investment LLC, a major shareholder of FST, a position he still holds today.

Independent Director

Nick Ping-Chia Chen is an independent director on the board of FST Corp. From June 2022 to February 2024, Mr. Chen served as an independent director of the Company. On February 27, 2024, Mr. Chen resigned as an independent director of the Company by operation of law. Mr. Chen graduated from the Department of Accounting of National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan with a bachelor’s degree and qualified as an accountant in Taiwan in 2002. In 1995, Mr. Chen joined PricewaterhouseCoopers Taiwan as an auditor and audit team leader. From 1998 to 2000 and 2002 to 2003, Mr. Chen worked at KPMG Taiwan as an audit manager. In 2001, he worked as an underwriter at MasterLink Securities Co., Ltd., a Taiwan securities firm. Mr. Chen later joined Yude Accounting Firm in Taichung, Taiwan, in 2005 as a certified public accountant, and he is still working today as the firm's managing partner. In March 2019, Mr. Chen joined the Company's board of directors as an independent director, a position he still holds today. In August 2021, Mr. Chen joined the board of directors of Transart Graphics Co., Ltd. (TWSE: 8481) as an independent director, a position that he still holds today. In January 2022, Mr. Chen joined the board of directors of Iscom Online International Information Inc. (TPEx: 6868) as an independent director, a position that he still holds today.

Independent Director

Alan Yu-Cheng Li,is an independent director on the board of FST Corp. From June 2022 to February 2024, Mr. Li served as an independent director of FST. On February 27, 2024, Mr. Li resigned as an independent director of the Company by operation of law. Mr. Li graduated from the Department of Law of National Chengchi University in Taiwan with a bachelor’s degree. He later graduated from the Graduate School of Risk Management and Insurance of National Chengchi University in 1998 with a master’s degree. In 2002, Mr. Li passed the Taiwan Bar Examination to become qualified as a Taiwan lawyer. In 2006, Mr. Li joined Chien Yeh Law Offices and is now a partner lawyer of the firm. Mr. Chen’s areas of legal expertise include general civil litigation, insurance litigation, corporate commercial litigation,securities, and exchange criminal litigation. In March 2019, Mr. Li joined the board of directors of FST as an independent director, a position that he still holds today.

Independent Director

Huoy-Ming Yeh,is an independent director on the board of FST Corp.Ms. Yeh is the managing partner of Upshot Ventures, which she founded in 2015. Upshot, which also operates as CSC Upshot Ventures, is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, CA. Ms. Yeh has built her career around her passion for connecting capital to technological innovation between the US and Asia. Prior to establishing Upshot Ventures, she served as Managing Director at SVB Financial Group (“SVB”) from 2009 to 2015, where she built and headed up SVB Capital’s Asia practice in Shanghai. While at SVB, she expanded the firm’s presence by increasing funds under management and establishing offices in Beijing and Hong Kong. Ms. Yeh began her career as an engineer at Sun Microsystems, designing microprocessors and earning three patents for her work there. Her engineering and operational background contributes to the value she brings to the founders and investors she works with. Subsequently, after obtaining her MBA, she joined Lehman Brothers as an investment banker in its New York and San Francisco offices, where she covered clients for their capital market needs. Ms. Yeh is currently a member of the Business Leadership Council at Wellesley College. She holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Business, an MS in Electrical Engineering from USC, and a BA in Physics from Wellesley College. Ms. Yeh will join the board of directors of FST Corp as an independent director.

Independent Director

Mr. Li serves as a Vice President at CBC Securities, a FINRA-member broker-dealer in the United States, and as the Chief Operating Officer of Chenghe Acquisition III Co., a special purpose acquisition company listed on Nasdaq (NASDAQ: CHEC). His financial experience spans Asia and the United States, where he is qualified with FINRA as an Investment Banking Representative and a General Securities Representative. Previously, Mr. Li advised on infrastructure and private credit fundraises for the fund placement business of Campbell Lutyens, and worked in the Investment Banking Department of Morgan Stanley. He graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics-Economics and is a citizen of the United States.