• SEMICONDUCTOR MFG INTL CORP Key Executives

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    Richard Ru Gin Chang founded our company in April 2000 and is currently President, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director. Dr. Chang is also a director of SMIC Shanghai, SMIC Beijing, SMIC Tianjin, Semiconductor Manufacturing International (AT) Corporation, SMIC Solar Cell Corporation and Magnificent Tower Limited. Dr. Chang has over 29 years of semiconductor experience in foundry operations, wafer fabrication and research and development. From 1998 to 1999, Dr. Chang was President of Worldwide Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., or WSMC, after joining the company in 1997. Prior to joining WSMC, Dr. Chang worked for 20 years at Texas Instruments Incorporated, where he helped build and manage the technology development and operations of ten semiconductor fabs and integrated circuit operations in the United States, Japan, Singapore, Italy and Taiwan. Dr. Chang received a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University and a master"s degree in Engineering Science from the State University of New York. Dr. Chang received many awards from 2003 to 2006. In 2007, Dr. Chang was recognized as "Chinese Semiconductor Manufacturing Character Of The Year" for the Year 2007. In 2008, Dr. Chang was given the Industry Outstanding Contribution Award while the company garnered the SEMI China Social Contribution Award and was honored with the 2007 Fab Person of the Year award and as Movers and Shakers of China"s semiconductor industry in 2007 by Semiconductor International China.
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    Marco Mora joined our company in 2000 as Vice President of Operations and was named the Chief Operating Officer in November 2003. Mr. Mora has more than 22 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Prior to joining us, Mr. Mora held management positions with STMicroelectronics N.V., Texas Instruments Italia S.p.A, Micron Technology Italia S.p.A and WSMC. Mr. Mora received a master"s degree in Physics from the University of Milan.
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    Morning Wu joined our company as Associate Vice President of Finance and Accounting in January 2003 and was appointed as Acting Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Qualified Accountant of the Company as of March 28, 2005. Ms. Wu has over 27 years of experience in the investment and finance field. Prior to joining us, Ms. Wu held management positions with First Taiwan Securities Inc. and Grand Cathay Securities Co. Ltd. Her responsibilities at these companies included strategic planning, mergers & acquisitions and designing and monitoring risk management systems. She holds a license for Accounting and Auditor with the Senior Civil Service Examination of Taiwan. Ms. Wu obtained a bachelor"s degree in Accounting from the National Chengchi University, Taiwan and received a master"s degree in Accounting from the National Taiwan University.
    Toshiaki Ikoma - Chief Technology Officer
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    Toshiaki Ikoma joined the Company as Chief Technology Officer in January 2004. Dr. Ikoma has extensive semiconductor experience in both academia and industry. Dr. Ikoma was the president of Texas Instruments Japan, Inc. for five years and, prior to that position, served as a professor of Electronics at the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo from 1968 to 1994. Prior to joining the Company, he was a professor of Technology Management at the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy of Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, beginning in 2002. Dr. Ikoma received a PhD in Electronics from the University of Tokyo.
    Henry Shaw - Director
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    Henry Shaw has been a Director since 2001. Mr. Shaw is currently the senior partner of AsiaVest Partners TCW/YFY Ltd. Prior to joining AsiaVest Partners, Mr. Shaw was a vice president at Transpac Capital Pte. Ltd. and founded and served as chief financial officer of Mosel Vitelic Inc. Mr. Shaw received a master"s degree in Business Administration from National Cheng-Chi University in Taiwan.
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    Ta-Lin Hsu has been a Director since 2001 and is a director of SMIC Beijing. Dr. Hsu is the founder and chairman of H&Q Asia Pacific. Prior to founding H&Q Asia Pacific in 1986, Dr. Hsu was a general partner at Hambrecht & Quist and held the position of senior manager in the Corporate Research Division of IBM. Dr. Hsu has served on the boards of a number of public and private companies, and he currently serves on the board of trustees of the Asia Foundation and as a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. Dr. Hsu received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and his undergraduate degree in Physics from National Taiwan University. Dr. Hsu is a member of the Advisory Board of the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley.
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    Tsuyoshi Kawanishi has been a Director since 2001 and is also the chairman of SMIC Japan Corporation. Mr. Kawanishi has more than 50 years of experience in the electronics industry with Toshiba Corporation, where he served as, among other positions, senior executive vice president and senior advisor. Mr. Kawanishi currently serves on the board of directors of Asyst Technologies, Inc., FTD Technology Pte. Ltd. and T.C.S. Japan, and acts as an advisor to Accenture Ltd., Kinetic Holdings Corporation and a number of private companies. Mr. Kawanishi is also the chairman of the Society of Semiconductor Industry Seniors in Japan and the Chairman of the SIP Consortium of Japan.
    Yang Yuan Wang - Chairman of the Board/Director
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    Yang Yuan Wang is currently the Chairman and has been a Director since 2001. Professor Wang has more than 41 years of experience related to the semiconductor industry. He is the Chairman of SMIC Shanghai, SMIC Beijing and SMIC Tianjin and is also the Chief Scientist of the Institute of Microelectronics, Peking University, and Academician of Chinese Science Academy. He is a fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (USA), The Institute of Electrical Engineers (UK) and Chinese Institute of Electronics (China).
    Akio Kawabata - Divisional Vice President
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    Akio Kawabata joined the Company in 2002 and is currently the Vice President of Marketing. Mr. Kawabata has over 33 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Kawabata held various management positions with Toshiba Corporation, including general manager of Toshiba's International Division, president of Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH and managing director of Toshiba Asia Pacific. Mr. Kawabata received a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
    Anne Wai Yui Chen - Secretary/Other Corporate Officer
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    Anne Wai Yui Chen joined our company in 2001 and is our Hong Kong Representative, Company Secretary and Compliance Officer. Ms. Chen is admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong, England and Wales and Australia and was admitted as an advocate and solicitor in Singapore. She had served as a deputy adjudicator of the Small Claims Tribunal in Hong Kong in 1999 and had served as the president from 2000 to 2002 and is currently a council member of the Hong Kong Federation of Women Lawyers. Prior to joining us in 2001, she had been a practicing solicitor in Hong Kong since 1987.
    Jiang Shang Zhou - Director
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    Jiang Shang Zhou has been a director of our company since May 2006. Mr. Jiang is the president of China Foundation of Disabled Persons, full time commissioner of Shanghai Policy Making and Consulting Committee Office, a committee member and officer of the Shanghai Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, officer of the Shanghai Political Consultative Conference Foreign Friendly Committee and director commissioner of Shanghai State Owned Assets Planning and Investment Committee. Mr. Jiang was also the deputy secretary general of Shanghai Government, officer of the Shanghai Chemical Industrial District Leader Team Office, officer of Shanghai International Automobile City Leader Team Office, and officer of the Shanghai Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (863 major project) Leader Team Office. Mr. Jiang received his master's degree from Tsing Hua University in telecommunications and his doctorate degree from The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Communication System Group.
    Lip-Bu Tan - Director
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    Lip-Bu Tan has been a Director since 2002 and is a director of SMIC Tianjin. Mr. Tan is the founder and chairman of Walden International, a venture capital firm. Mr. Tan currently serves on the board of directors of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., Creative Technology Ltd., Flextronics International Ltd., MindTree Ltd. and SINA Corporation, as well as a number of private companies. Mr. Tan received a master"s degree in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master"s degree in Business Administration from the University of San Francisco.
    Wang Zheng Gang - Director
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    Wang Zheng Gang has been a Director since 2007. Mr. Wang is the chief representative of the Shanghai Representative Office of Shanghai Industrial Holdings Limited and chairman and managing director of SIIC Management (Shanghai) Ltd. He is also the vice chairman of Bright Dairy and Food Co. Ltd. He was the head of Shanghai Dongfeng Rubber No. 2 Factory, Principal of Shanghai Dongfeng Farm, vice chairman and general manager of Shanghai Agricultural Industrial and Commercial Corp. Ltd. and a director and general manager of SIIC Africa Enterprise Ltd. and general manager of the enterprise management department of Shanghai Industrial Investment (Holdings) Co. Ltd. He graduated from the School of Management of Fudan University with a master"s degree in Economics and has over 31 years experience in enterprise management.
    Dr. James Sung - Senior VP, Divisional
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    James Sung joined our company as Fellow in Technology Development in 2001 and was appointed as Vice President of Marketing and Sales in 2002. He is currently Senior Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Sales Office in Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation. Dr. Sung has over 21 years of experience in semiconductor industry. Prior to joining SMIC, Dr. Sung has been employed by Etron Technology (Taiwan) as Vice President of Product Development, Vanguard International Semiconductor (Taiwan) as Senior Director of Technology Development and Director of quality reliability assurance, and AT&T Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, Holmdel, Allentown as CMOS/BiCMOS principle technology researcher for high performance networking applications. Dr. Sung was co-recipient of ISCC Beatrice award in 1994 and an honorable member of Phi-Tau-Phi in 1981. He holds over 60 semiconductor patents. Dr. Sung obtained a bachelor degree and a master degree in Electronic Engineering from National Chiao-Tung University (Taiwan) respectively, and doctorate degree in Electronic Engineering from Princeton University.