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Agenda Proposals and Explanations
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2015 Annual General Meeting Invitation, Proxy Statement
5.I Election of Ms. Sue Gove
Proposal: In accordance with the recommendation
of the Nominating Committee, the Board of Directors
proposes that Ms. Sue Gove be elected to the Board for
a one-year term ending at the closing of the 2016 Annual
General Meeting.
Sue Gove is the President of Excelsior Advisors, LLC,
a retail consulting and advisory firm. Prior to founding
Excelsior Advisors in August 2014, Ms. Gove was the
President and Chief Executive Officer of Golfsmith
International, a multi-channel specialty golf retailer, from
October 2012 to April 2014 and President from February
2012 to April 2014. She also served Golfsmith as Chief
Operating Officer from September 2008 to October 2012,
as Chief Financial Officer from March 2009 to July 2012
and as Executive Vice President from September 2008
to February 2012. Prior to joining Golfsmith, Ms. Gove
was an independent consultant, serving specialty retail
and private equity clients from 2006 to 2008, which
included consultancy for Prentice Capital Management,
LP from April 2007 to March 2008 and for Alvarez and
Marsal Business Consulting, L.L.C. from April 2006
to March 2007. Ms. Gove served Zale Corporation, a
leading specialty jewelry retailer, from 1980 to 2006,
including as Chief Operating Officer from August 2002 to
March 2006, as Chief Financial Officer from December
1997 to February 2003 and as a Board member from
September 2004 to March 2006. She currently serves
on the Boards of Iconix Brand Group, a consumer brand
licensing and marketing company, and AutoZone, Inc., a
leading retailer and distributor of automotive replacement
parts and accessories. Ms. Gove holds a BBA degree in
Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin. She is
56 years old and is a U.S. national.
Ms. Gove has significant executive experience with
international retail, marketing, merchandising and global
operations, and brings to our Board senior leadership,
strategic and financial experience. As a member of
other public company boards, Ms. Gove also provides
cross-board experience.
The Board of Directors has determined that she will be an
independent Director and qualifies as an audit committee
financial expert.
5.J Election of Dr. Lung Yeh
Proposal: In accordance with the recommendation
of the Nominating Committee, the Board of Directors
proposes that Dr. Lung Yeh be elected to the Board for a
one-year term ending at the closing of the 2016 Annual
General Meeting.
Lung Yeh is the Managing Director of Enspire Capital, a
Singapore-based venture capital and private equity firm
focusing on technology, media and telecommunications,
internet and mobile investments in Silicon Valley, China,
Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Prior to joining
Enspire Capital in 2004, Dr. Yeh was the Vice President
of Business Development at Centrality Communications,
Inc., a leading provider of GPS semiconductor platforms
for high-functional mobile devices, from 2003 to
2004, a Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pico
Communications Inc., a provider of integrated Bluetooth
and mobile Internet access and networking solutions, from
1999 to 2003, Vice President of the Communication and
Internet Division of Creative Labs Ltd., a leader in digital
entertainment products, from 1993 to 1998, a Founder
and Chief Executive Officer of ShareVision Technology,
Inc., a desktop videoconferencing technology company,
from 1991 to 1993, and served in various management
and technical positions at Apple Inc., NYNEX and
Kodak, from 1985 to 1991. Dr. Yeh holds a BSEE in
Communication Engineering from National Chiao-Tung
University and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the
University of Wisconsin – Madison. He is 59 years old
and a U.S. national.