Samuel Kuo is an Executive Director of the Company and Chairman of the Board since 11 July 2005, Chairman of the Nomination Committee and Chief Executive Officer of Lacquer Craft Mfg. Co., Ltd. (Zhejiang). Mr. Kuo is a director of various subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. Kuo is one of the founders of our business and has been one of the principal managers responsible for our business and corporate strategy, marketing and production operations and expansion strategies. Mr. Kuo has more than 30 years of experience in the furniture business in Taiwan, the PRC and the U.S. Mr. Kuo is also the former Chairman of the Taiwan Businessmen’s Association Dongguan. Mr. Kuo served two years in the military in Taiwan after obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics Development from Tamkang University in 1978.

Mr. Kuo is the husband of Ms. Yi-Mei Liu, Executive Director of the Company and Deputy Chairman of the Board. Mr. Kuo and Ms. Liu are the controlling and substantial shareholders of the Company.

Grace Liu is an Executive Director of the Company and Deputy Chairman of the Board since 11 July 2005. She is also a director of all subsidiaries of the Company. Ms. Liu, together with her husband, Mr. Shan Huei Kuo, Executive Director of the Company and Chairman of the Board, are founders of our business. Ms. Liu has over 30 years of experience in the furniture business and she has been closely involved in executing the corporate strategy and daily operations of our Group. In addition to her general management role, she oversees the financial control, cash management and human resources operations of our business. Ms. Liu obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Suzhou University in 1979.

Ms. Liu and Mr. Kuo are the controlling and substantial shareholders of the Company.

Mohamad Aminozzakeri, also known as Mohamad Amini, is an Executive Director of the Company since 24 October 2005. Mr. Aminozzakeri is also a director of Houson International Limited and Willis Gambier (UK) Limited, members of the Group and President of Lacquer Craft and has been with our Group since May 1995. Prior to becoming President, he held senior management positions in Lacquer Craft both in manufacturing and sales and marketing, and was formerly the executive Vice-President of Lacquer Craft. Mr. Aminozzakeri owned and operated furniture retail stores in California and Arizona for 6 years before then. Mr. Aminozzakeri has over 30 years of experience in the furniture industry and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from California State University in Long Beach in 1983.

William Pan is a Non-executive Director of the Company since 24 October 2005 and a member of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee of the Company. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Tai-Chuan Wooden MFG Co., Ltd, a cue manufacturer. Mr. Pan has over 30 years of experience in sales, marketing, manufacturing, and product development in the cue industry and sales and marketing in billiard cue and related accessories. Mr. Pan obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics Development from Tamkang University in 1979.

Andrew Kuo is an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since 24 October 2005, the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee of the Company. Mr. Kuo is currently the chairman of Cathay United Bank Co., Ltd. and a Director of Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd. (a company listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation). He also a Non-executive Director of Far East Horizon Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”) and an Independent
Director of Huali Industrial Group Company Limited, a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Mr. Kuo was a Director of Long Chen Paper Co., Ltd. (a company listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation) from August 2014 to May 2023, and the Chairman of Cathay United Bank (China) Limited from June 2018 to June 2021, and the Chief Executive Officer and a partner of Zoyi Capital Ltd. respectively from January 2013 to June 2017 and from June 2017 to December 2018. Mr. Kuo was the Vice Chairman (in charge of Greater China private equity investment business) and the Senior Advisor of The Blackstone Group (HK) Limited respectively from October 2007 to January 2013 and from January 2013 to March 2018. He was appointed Managing Director of H&Q Asia Pacific (“H&Q”) in September 2005. Before joining H&Q, Mr. Kuo was the Senior Country Officer and Head of Investment Bank of JPMorgan Chase in Hong Kong and has more than 15 years of experience in the corporate finance industry. Since the merger of JPMorgan and Jardine Fleming in 2000, Mr. Kuo had been responsible for the firm’s banking business and all investment banking activities in Taiwan. Mr. Kuo was also Vice Chairman of the Greater China Operating Committee of JPMorgan Chase, and since April 2005 he had been responsible for JPMorgan’s Financial Sponsor Industry of Asia, ex-Japan. Mr. Kuo had also been Managing Director of the heritage Chase Manhattan Bank since
October 1998. Prior to joining JPMorgan Chase, Mr. Kuo worked at Citibank Taipei for more than nine years, last
as Head of the Corporate Banking Group responsible for client management. Prior to this, Mr. Kuo was head of the
Merchant Banking Group in charge of investment banking and capital market products. He previously worked at
Citibank New York, focusing on strategic products, and had experience in Treasury Marketing and Foreign Exchange Trading for six years at Citibank Taipei. He was also the Chief Trader and Head of FX for Citibank from
1993 to 1995. Mr. Kuo retired as a member of the Youth Presidents’ Organization and became a member of Taiwan Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Council both in December 2013. Mr. Kuo obtained a Bachelor degree with a major in Business Administration from Fu-Jen Catholic University in 1983 and Master of Business Administration degree from City University of New York in 1989.

Kevin Lau is an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since 24 October 2005. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Company. With over 35 years of experience in corporate finance, financial advisory and management, accounting and auditing, Mr. Lau is currently a financial advisory consultant running his own management consultancy firm, Hin Yan Consultants Limited. Previously, Mr. Lau worked at Ernst & Young for over 15 years. Mr. Lau is a fellow member of both the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (“ACCA”) and The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He served as a member of the world council of ACCA from 2002 to 2011. Mr. Lau also served on the executive committee of the Hong Kong branch of ACCA (“ACCA Hong Kong”) from 1995 to 2011, and was the chairman of ACCA Hong Kong in 2000/2001. Mr. Lau also serves as an Independent Non-executive Director of five other listed companies in Hong Kong: Binhai Investment Company Limited, COL Capital Limited, Embry Holdings Limited, FIH Mobile Limited and TCL Communication Technology Holdings Limited and the Company Secretary of Yeebo (International Holdings) Limited, a company listed in Hong Kong. Mr. Lau also serves as an independent supervisor of Beijing Capital International Airport Co., Ltd. since 30 June 2014. Mr. Lau has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of UKF (Holdings) Limited, a company listed on the Stock Exchange of which the listing was transferred from the Growth Enterprise Market to the Main Board on 20 March 2015, with effect from 16 March 2015. Mr. Lau has been appointed as company secretary of Hung Fook Tong Group Holdings Limited, a company listed in Hong Kong, with effect 13 May 2015. Mr. Lau graduated from The Hong Kong Polytechnic in 1981.

SY Wu is an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since 15 December 2008 and a member of the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee of the Company. Mr. Wu has been practicing law for over 30 years, and is the founding partner of Wu & Partners, Attorneys-at-Law, a firm based in Taipei, Taiwan which he founded in 2004. He has been a member of the Taipei Bar Association since 1983. His practice focuses on international economic law and WTO-related practices, cross-border commercial transactions and disputes, and mergers & acquisitions. Before that, Mr. Wu was a senior partner of Lee, Tsai & Partners from 2000 to 2004, the managing partner of Perkins Coie, Taipei Office from 1997 to 2000, and was an Of Counsel of Perkins Coie during 1996 to 1997. Prior to Perkins Coie, Mr. Wu had been with Lee & Li, Attorneys-at-Law since 1981, and was a visiting attorney at Van Bael & Bellis (Brussels, Belgium) and Nishimura & Partners (Tokyo, Japan) in 1988 and 1989 respectively. In addition to Taiwan, Mr. Wu has been licensed to practice law in New York State since 1990, and has been a member of the American Bar Association and International Bar Association since 1991. He was the Chair of International Trade Committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association from 1999 to 2001, and a director of Taipei Bar Association from 1993 to 1996. On the academic track, he was an associate professor at the Soochow University Law School from 1996 to 2005, and Institute of Law for Science and Technology, Tsin Hua University Law School from 2002 to 2005. Mr. Wu received a SJD degree and an LLM degree from the University of Michigan Law School, and an LLB degree from the Law Department of National Taiwan University in 1980.

Hank Lin is an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since 21 March 2024. Mr. Lin has more than 30 years of experience in assurance services and excels in corporate finance, accounting and auditing. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Lin was a managing partner of Ernst & Young Taiwan. Mr. Lin is currently an independent non-executive director of each of Johnson Health Tech. Co., Ltd. (stock code: 1736.TW) and O-Bank Co., Ltd. (stock code: 2897.TW); and the corporate representative director of each of Panjit International Inc. (stock code: 2481.TW) and Global Union Industrial Corp. (stock code: 9934.TW). The securities of each of these companies are listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation. Mr. Lin graduated from Bernard M. Baruch College, the City University of New York, with a master’s degree in business administration in 1992, and is a certified public accountant in Taiwan and New York State, USA..