Dr. Wen-Yeu Wang

Independent Director; Ph. D., Stanford Law School, Professor of College of Law at National Taiwan University

Dr. Wang is professor of law and director, Center for Corporate and Financial Law, College of Law, National Taiwan University. He received law degrees from NTU, Columbia (LL.M.) and Stanford (J.S.D.), respectively. During his tenure, he visited and taught at well known law schools, including National University of Singapore and PRC's Peking University. In addition, he was a visiting professor of law at Stanford from 1995-96, teaching a seminar on financial transactions; in fall 2007 he taught "Corporate Governance in Greater China" seminar at Columbia. Principal research subjects include business associations, financial regulations, and law and economics.

Before pursuing an academic career, professor Wang had practiced commercial law at the international law firms of Lee and Li, Taipei (from 1989-1991), respectively. Areas of specialty include corporate law and business transactions.

From 2004 to 2006, professor Wang served as a commissioner at the Fair Trade Commission. In addition, he has served in many important public and private functions, i.e., as director or supervisor of the Taiwan Stock Exchange, Taiwan Futures Exchange, and Taiwan Cooperative Bank. He also served as independent director or reorganization supervisor for Taiwanese public companies; as arbitrators or mediators in various commercial disputes. He has also participated in the drafting or amendment of major economic and financial legislation, such as the Company Law and Securities and Exchange Law.