Wen-Chyi Ong

Wen-Chyi Ong has served as an independent director of ASEH since August 2021. Mr. Ong is also a member of the audit committee and compensation committee. Mr. Ong is now an adjunct professor of finance at the Business School of National Chengchi University in Taipei. In July 2017, Mr. Ong was invited by the board of the SinoPac Financial Holding Company to lead the distressed financial institution. Spending three years with the bank, Mr. Ong successfully turned the bank around in terms of profitability and corporate governance. Prior to this private sector job, Mr. Ong was chairman of the state-owned Chunghwa Post Company. Before returning to Taipei, Mr. Ong was Taiwan’s representative to India between 2008 and 2012. With ambassadorial ranking, he played a critical role in enhancing India-Taiwan’s economic and cultural relations. In 2005, Mr. Ong was appointed by Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) to set up a representative office in New York where he worked closely with US financial regulators for cross-border supervision. Prior to New York, Mr. Ong was a Trade Negotiator representing Taiwan at the World Trade Organization. He spent 3 years in Geneva. In Taiwan, Mr. Ong was a financial regulator for foreign banks for 2 years and director for the QFII (Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors) business for 4 years. In his earlier career, he spent 6 years in Washington, DC as a junior Foreign Service Officer. Mr. Ong graduated from the National Taiwan University in 1981, majoring in international relations. In 1998, Mr. Ong enrolled in the Cass Business School of the City University, London, where he earned an MS degree in investment and risk management.