Board of Directors

VSO's highest strategic and management unit, the Board of Directors, consists of nine directors with outstanding professional backgrounds and extensive experience in industries, finance, commerce, and management. In addition to their duties, as stipulated by relevant laws and regulations and as delegated by the shareholders' meeting, they are responsible for overseeing the company's overall operations and affairs and formulating various regulations and procedures to fulfill their supervisory responsibilities.

1. Diversity

   The nomination and selection of the board of directors members are conducted by the provisions outlined in VSO's bylaws with a candidate nomination system, and the "Director Appointment Procedure" explicitly outlines the diversity of board members. Our board consists of nine members, including one female director, with no bias toward male members. The age range of members spans from 31 to 70 years old, and collectively possess a rich background and experience in industries, businesses, finance, accounting, or related fields relevant to VSO. Our board composition embraces diversity in terms of gender, age, professional qualifications, and expertise.

   To achieve the ideal goals of corporate governance, the overall capabilities that the board of directors should possess are as follows:

   • i. Operational judgment ability.
   • ii. Management capability.
   • iii. Leadership decision-making ability.
   • iv. Crisis handling capability.
   • v. Industry knowledge.
   • vi. International market perspective.

   The current board of directors of our company implements a policy of diversity among its members, and the implementation status is as follows:

   Name \ Diversified Core Initiatives		Basic Condition						Professional Background					Professional Skills and Knowledge
   		Nationality	Gender	Hold a concurrent post	Age	Independent Director Seniority		Accounting	Industries	Finance	Marketing	Technology	Judgment of operations	Operation management	Leadership and decision-making	crisis management	Domain Knowledge	International Perspective of Markets
   						Under 3 years	3 years and above
   Directors	Jerry Chien	Taiwan	Male	✔	51~60	－	－	－	✔	－	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
   	Roger Tsai	Taiwan	Male	✔	61~70	－	－	－	✔	－	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
   	Chung-Lin Chien	Taiwan	Male	－	51~60	－	－	✔	－	✔	－	－	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
   	Advantech Investment Representative： Wei-Ting Liu	Taiwan	Male	－	31~40	－	－	－	✔	✔	－	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
   	LINKUPON Advanced Material Corp. Representative： Pei-Fen Tien	Taiwan	Female	－	41~50	－	－	－	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
   	I-Sheng Electronic WIRE & Cable Co., Ltd. Representative： Tzu-Cheng Huang	Taiwan	Male	－	71~80	－	－	－	✔	－	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
   Independent Director	Huei-Chin Chiu	Taiwan	Male	－	61~70	✔	－	－	✔	－	－	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
   	Chung-Yuan Hsu	Taiwan	Male	－	61~70	✔	－	✔	－	✔	－	－	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
   	Ming-Wei Lai	Taiwan	Male	－	51~60	✔	－	✔	－	✔	－	－	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

2. Independence

   Nine members of our board of directors consist of three independent directors, constituting 33% of the total board members. All independent directors meet the independence criteria outlined in the "Regulations Governing Appointment of Independent Directors and Compliance Matters for Public Companies." Among the other directors, two have second-degree or closer family relationships, accounting for 22% of the board members, not exceeding half of the board's seats. There are no violations of Article 26-3, Paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Securities and Exchange Act.

The board of directors convened 6 meetings in 2023. The attendance of the directors is as follows: