Board of Directors

• Mingchih Chen

  Acting Chairwoman of the Board

  Ms. Mingchih Chen serves as the Acting Chairwoman of the Company’s Board. She has been serving as an independent director of the Company since the Company’s Public Listing. Ms. Chen is a highly accomplished professional with a strong background in industrial engineering and academia. With her extensive educational and professional experience, Mingchih Chen has made significant contributions to various institutions. Mingchih Chen pursued her education at Texas A&M University in the United States. She obtained her Doctoral degree in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University from January 1991 to December 1993. Prior to that, she completed her Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from September 1989 to December 1990. Mingchih Chen also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Chung-Yuan Christian University in Taiwan, which she completed from September 1984 to June 1988.

  Throughout her career, Mingchih Chen has held various academic positions and made significant contributions to the field of business administration and industrial engineering. From August 2021 to July 2023, she served as the Executive Director of the Artificial Intelligence Development Center at Fu Jen Catholic University. She also held the position of Director and Professor at Fu Jen Catholic University’s Graduate Institute of Business Administration in New Taipei City from August 2015 to July 2023. Mingchih Chen has been a Professor at Fu Jen Catholic University’s Graduate Institute of Business Administration since February 2013. Prior to that, she served as an Associate Professor at the same institution from August 2010 to January 2013. Her academic career also includes positions as an Associate Professor at Chaoyang University of Technology’s Department of Industrial Engineering and Management in Wufeng, Taiwan, from August 1997 to July 2010, and as an Associate Professor at Ming-Chuan University’s Department of Business Management in Taipei, Taiwan, from August 1994 to July 1997. Mingchih Chen’s professional experience extends beyond academia. She worked as an Industrial Engineer at Phillip Electronics Company in Chung-Li, Taiwan, from June 1988 to July 1989. In addition, she served as a Post-doctoral Research Associate under Dr. Way Kuo at Texas A&M University from January 1994 to July 1994. With her broad expertise in industrial engineering and business administration, Mingchih Chen brings valuable insights and strategic guidance to the company’s Board. Her extensive academic and professional background ensures that the company benefits from her wealth of knowledge and experience. Ms. Chen is qualified to serve as a director of its Board because of her expertise in industrial engineering and business administration, and her academic and professional background.

• Christopher Nicoll

  Director and CEO

  Christopher Nicoll serves as our Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board. Mr. Nicoll has previously served in multiple senior roles at major automotive manufacturers and vehicle distributors in Europe, Asia and America. He operated as a both country and regional CEO in markets including Germany, United Kingdom & China for several OEMs including Land Rover, Stellantis and Lotus Cars. In 2018 he launched the official European import for Dodge cars and Ram trucks as the CEO of the privately owned distributor AGT Europe. Between 2015 and 2018, Mr. Nicoll was previously a member of the Thunder Power start-up team as and led cross-functional commercial and engineering teams in Europe And Asia. Mr. Nicoll graduated in Business Administration from Middlesex University in the UK and Reutlingen University in Germany.

• Kevin Vassily

  Independent Director

  Mr. Kevin Vassily serves as an independent director of the company’s Board. Mr. Vassily has extensive working experience as a senior management team member serving private and public companies. Mr. Vassily has served as an independent director of FLFV since June 2022. Mr. Vassily is a director of the board of directors of Denali Capital Acquisition Corp. since April 2022, and a member of the board of directors of Aimfinity Investment Corp. I since March 2023, two SPACs listed on Nasdaq. In January 2021, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer, and in March 2021, became a member of the board of directors of iPower Inc. (Nasdaq: IPW), an online hydroponic equipment retailer and supplier. Prior to joining iPower, from 2019 to January 2021, Mr. Vassily served as Vice President of Market Development for Facteus, Inc., a financial analytics company focused on the Asset Management industry. From October 2018 through its acquisition in March 2020, Mr. Vassily served as an advisor at Go Capture (which was acquired by Deloitte China in 2020), where he was responsible for providing strategic, business development, and product development advisory services for the company’s emerging “Data as a Service” platform. Since February 2020, Mr. Vassily has served as a director of Zhongchao Inc. (Nasdaq: ZCMD), a provider of healthcare information, education and training services to healthcare professionals and the public in China. Since July 2018, Mr. Vassily has also served as an advisor at Prometheus Fund, a Shanghai-based merchant bank/private equity firm focused on the “green” economy. From April 2015 through May 2018, Mr. Vassily served as an associate director of research at Keybanc Capital Markets Inc. From June 2010 to April 2015, he served as the director of research at Pacific Epoch, LLC (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pacific Crest Securities LLC). From May 2007 to May 2010, he served as the Asia Technology business development representative and as a senior analyst at Pacific Crest Securities. From July 2003 to September 2006, he served as senior research analyst in the semiconductor technology group at Susquehanna International Group, LLP. From September 2001 to June 2003, Mr. Vassily served as the vice president and senior research analyst for semiconductor capital equipment at Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. Mr. Vassily began his career on Wall Street in August 1998, as a research associate covering the semiconductor industry at Lehman Brothers. He holds a B.A. in liberal arts from Denison University and an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Mr. Vassily is qualified to serve as a director of the company’s Board because of his background as a public company board member and his experience in technology investment.

• Thomas Hollihan

  Independent Director

  Thomas Hollihan serves as an independent director of the company’s Board. Professor Hollihan publishes in the areas of argumentation, political communication, media diplomacy, contemporary rhetorical criticism, and the impact of globalization on public deliberation. Professor Hollihan is the author or editor of several books, and has published in the International Journal of Communication, Quarterly Journal of Speech, Rhetoric and Public Affairs, Argumentation and Advocacy, and the Journal of Public Diplomacy. Professor Hollihan has served as the associate dean for academic affairs in the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism from 1997 through 2007, where he has been a professor since 1980. He chairs the Executive Committee of the USC U.S.-China Institute, and also chaired the Board of Trustees of the National Debate Tournament, the National Communication Association Doctoral Education Committee, the NCA Taskforce on Legislative Reform, the NCA Committee on International Discussion and Debate, and the NDT National Committee. Professor Hollihan also served as the president of the American Forensic Association and the Western Forensic Association. Professor Hollihan is a faculty fellow in the USC Center for Public Diplomacy and the USC Center for Communication Leadership. Professor Hollihan received his BA in speech communication from the University of Minnesota in 1974, his MA in speech communication from Wayne State University in 1975, and his Ph.D. in speech communication from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln in 1978. Professor Hollihan is qualified to serve as a director of the company’s Board because of his academic background.

Management

• Mingchih Chen

  Acting Chairwoman of the Board

  Ms. Mingchih Chen serves as the Acting Chairwoman of the Company’s Board. She has been serving as an independent director of the Company since the Company’s Public Listing. Ms. Chen is a highly accomplished professional with a strong background in industrial engineering and academia. With her extensive educational and professional experience, Mingchih Chen has made significant contributions to various institutions. Mingchih Chen pursued her education at Texas A&M University in the United States. She obtained her Doctoral degree in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University from January 1991 to December 1993. Prior to that, she completed her Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from September 1989 to December 1990. Mingchih Chen also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Chung-Yuan Christian University in Taiwan, which she completed from September 1984 to June 1988.

  Throughout her career, Mingchih Chen has held various academic positions and made significant contributions to the field of business administration and industrial engineering. From August 2021 to July 2023, she served as the Executive Director of the Artificial Intelligence Development Center at Fu Jen Catholic University. She also held the position of Director and Professor at Fu Jen Catholic University’s Graduate Institute of Business Administration in New Taipei City from August 2015 to July 2023. Mingchih Chen has been a Professor at Fu Jen Catholic University’s Graduate Institute of Business Administration since February 2013. Prior to that, she served as an Associate Professor at the same institution from August 2010 to January 2013. Her academic career also includes positions as an Associate Professor at Chaoyang University of Technology’s Department of Industrial Engineering and Management in Wufeng, Taiwan, from August 1997 to July 2010, and as an Associate Professor at Ming-Chuan University’s Department of Business Management in Taipei, Taiwan, from August 1994 to July 1997. Mingchih Chen’s professional experience extends beyond academia. She worked as an Industrial Engineer at Phillip Electronics Company in Chung-Li, Taiwan, from June 1988 to July 1989. In addition, she served as a Post-doctoral Research Associate under Dr. Way Kuo at Texas A&M University from January 1994 to July 1994. With her broad expertise in industrial engineering and business administration, Mingchih Chen brings valuable insights and strategic guidance to the company’s Board. Her extensive academic and professional background ensures that the company benefits from her wealth of knowledge and experience. Ms. Chen is qualified to serve as a director of its Board because of her expertise in industrial engineering and business administration, and her academic and professional background.

• Christopher Nicoll

  Director and CEO

  Christopher Nicoll serves as our Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board. Mr. Nicoll has previously served in multiple senior roles at major automotive manufacturers and vehicle distributors in Europe, Asia and America. He operated as a both country and regional CEO in markets including Germany, United Kingdom & China for several OEMs including Land Rover, Stellantis and Lotus Cars. In 2018 he launched the official European import for Dodge cars and Ram trucks as the CEO of the privately owned distributor AGT Europe. Between 2015 and 2018, Mr. Nicoll was previously a member of the Thunder Power start-up team as and led cross-functional commercial and engineering teams in Europe And Asia. Mr. Nicoll graduated in Business Administration from Middlesex University in the UK and Reutlingen University in Germany.

• Pok Man Ho

  Interim Chief Financial Officer

  Mr. Pok Man Ho serves as the company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ho is a Certified Public Accountant with experience in taxation, finance, human resources, and corporate governance. Since 2015, Mr. Ho has worked at Thunder Power Group in corporate finance, financial planning and analysis, and corporate governance. He was a Director at Thunder Power Holdings Limited prior to its merger. From 2012 to 2015, Mr. Ho held regional roles in the insurance and luxury retail sectors. He worked at Generali Group and Gucci, focusing on taxation and human resources cost analysis. Mr. Ho began his career at KPMG in 2009, where he specialized in taxation for three years. Mr. Ho holds a degree in Accounting and Finance from Monash University in Australia.

Committee Composition

Director Name	Audit Committee	Compensation Committee	Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee
Mingchih Chen
Thomas Hollihan
Kevin Vassily

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