Huang Tien-mu

Huang Tien-mu is also known as Thomas Huang.^[1][2] He earned a bachelor's degree in banking and finance from National Chengchi University in 1980, a master's degree from National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU) in 1984, and his Ph.D. in public administration from the University of Southern California in the United States in 1993.^[3] His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Privatizing public enterprises in developing countries: The case of Taiwan's government-owned banks".^[4]

Huang began his public service career within the Ministry of Finance. He was director of the Bureau of Monetary Affairs fourth division,^[5] and later secretary-general,^[6] director,^[7] and deputy director^[8] of the Bureau of Monetary Affairs. He was subsequently named to a range of leadership roles within the Financial Supervisory Commission, serving the FSC Financial Examination Bureau [zh] as interim deputy director-general, the FSC itself as secretary-general,^[9] and the FSC's Insurance Bureau [zh] as director general.^[10][3]

In 2012, Huang was named director-general of the FSC's Bureau of Securities and Futures.^[11] He remained in that position through September 2013,^[12][13] when he was appointed to the FSC deputy chairmanship.^[14] He assumed the FSC chairmanship in an acting capacity in October 2016.^[15] Huang returned to the vice chairmanship when Lee Ruey-tsang was named head of the FSC.^[16] He also served under Lee's successor Wellington Koo. When Koo was appointed to the National Security Council in May 2020, Huang was promoted to lead the Financial Supervisory Commission.^[17]