Mr Johnny Jan was appointed the Group's Director on 15 December 2005. Mr Jan is primarily responsible for overseeing the business development activities and operations as well as the overall strategic direction of the Group.
He has over 25 years of experience in the art outsourcing and game development industries. He started his career in Japan TGL Co., Ltd in 1997 as an R&D supervisor leading the development of game titles. He subsequently founded WindThunder Era Co., Ltd in 2000 and under his stewardship as its CEO, the company went on to develop and publish various game titles. In 2004, he founded the Group's art outsourcing and game development studios in the PRC, prior to the incorporation of the Company in 2005.
Mr Jan is a director of the Taiwan Game Industry Promotion Alliance. He obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Central University of Taiwan in 2000 and a Master of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore in 2024.
Mr Kao Shu-Kuo was appointed as Director on 17 May 2023 and re-designated as Non-Executive Director on 21 July 2023. Mr Kao is the chairman of the Board of Directors in Acer Gaming Inc. He started his career in Acer in 1995 where he was responsible for the IT product business. In 2016, Mr Kao was promoted to the general manager of Acer's IT products business, where he was responsible for the management of business and product cycles of various products, including personal computers, desktop computers, monitors, peripheral accessories, virtual, wide augmented reality and R&D. In 2018, he took on dual roles as Acer’s chief operating officer as well as general manager of its IT products business.
Mr Kao graduated from the Chung Hsing College of Law and Business - Institute of Corporate Management with a Master's degree in 1993.
Mr Lim Heng Choon was appointed as Independent Director on 17 May 2023 and re-designated as Lead Independent and Non-Executive Director on 21 July 2023. He is the chief financial officer of Centific Global Solutions, Inc (formerly known as Pactera Technologies NA, Inc.) as well as the founder and managing director of Hyperion Connect Pte. Ltd.
Mr Lim started his career in the Kuala Lumpur office of the Boston Consulting Group as an associate in 1996 and left as a consultant in 2003. He then joined Southern Bank Berhad from 2003 to 2004 where, as a vice president and the head of its Financial Advisory Services, he built and led the sales and service division in the consumer banking group. From 2004 to 2009, he was with Hisoft Technology International Limited, first as its head of strategic planning / corporate development from 2004 to 2007 where he was responsible for its Series B and C fundraising and all merger and acquisitions, before being promoted to the role of acting chief financial officer from 2008 to 2009 where he oversaw the finance and internal audit functions. From 2007 to 2009, he was its chief operating officer where he oversaw the support functions in the company which encompassed the human resource, legal, business operations, shared services, corporate development, facilities, IT and marketing functions, before transitioning to the role of an advisor from 2010 to 2020. From 2011 to 2018, Mr Lim co-founded International Liquid Packaging Solutions Pte. Ltd., a start-up company involved in the business of industrial green packaging. He also founded Hyperion Connect Pte. Ltd., a boutique consulting firm in 2018 that takes on corporate advisory projects. Mr Lim graduated from Monash University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Computer Systems) (Honours) and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA in 2001.
Mr Chang Yi-Hao was appointed as Independent Director on 29 September 2021 and re-designated as Independent and Non-Executive Director on 21 July 2023. He started his career in Wistron Corporation in 2003 as a product engineer, before joining X-Legend Entertainment, a company engaged in the business of game licensing and publishing in 2004, as its chief operating officer where he was responsible for licensing games from Korean developers and launching such games in the Taiwan market. Additionally, he oversaw the publishing of self-developed games by X-Legend for the Taiwan market, and established an international operations team which was responsible for licensing and managing these games across multiple countries, including Japan, China, the United States, Europe, Thailand and Malaysia, amongst others.
From 2012 to 2017, Mr Chang was the president of Kunlun Games, which is one of the business units within Kunlun Tech Group, a global gaming distribution company, where he managed the marketing and operations teams across Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand. He acted as the primary liaison with major platforms such as the Apple Store, Google Play, and Facebook and secured licensing for internationally renowned games and intellectual properties for distribution in the Chinese market. He subsequently founded Internet marketing and media agency Howard Marketing Co., Ltd, and became its CEO.
Mr Chang obtained a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and Economics from the Tsinghua University of Taiwan in 1997 and an MBA from the Taiwan University Graduate School of Business in 2001.
Mr Yang Wu Te was appointed as Independent Director on 17 May 2023 and re-designated as Independent and Non-Executive Director on 21 July 2023. He started his private banking career with Bankers Trust Co. Ltd. (now known as Deutsche Bank) in 1989 to 1991 as an assistant vice president in the Private Banking Group.
From 1991 to 1993, he was senior vice president – Private Banking Group of The Chase Manhattan Bank N.A. (now known as JPMorgan Chase & Co). He subsequently joined Taishin International Bank from 1993 to 1994 as an assistant vice president, before moving to Merrill Lynch International Bank Limited, first as its vice president – Global Private Client from 1994 to 1999 before being promoted to first vice president – Global Private Client, a role which he held from 1999 to 2013. He joined Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd. as its executive director/ relationship manager – Private Banking from 2013 to 2020.
Mr Yang graduated from the China Municipal Administrative Institute in 1979 with a certificate in Business and Industrial Administration.
