Joseph Lyu

Lyu attended National Chengchi University and then was educated at Northwestern University, where he earned a master's degree in management.^[1]

Lyu worked for BNP Paribas and the Bank of New York Mellon, among other institutions.^[2] In July 2000, while serving as the vice president of KBC Bank in Taiwan, he accepted an appointment to the China Airlines board of directors.^[3] By 2002, Lyu was the vice chairman of the Commission of National Corporations, a division of the Ministry of Economic Affairs.^[4][5] In this position, he acted as the commission's spokesman, announcing several moves involving state-owned enterprises.^[6][7] Lyu was named to the board of the China Aviation Development Foundation (CADF) in June 2002. At the time, CADF held a majority of shares in China Airlines.^[8] After Mao Chi-kuo stepped down as chairman of Chunghwa Telecom in January 2003, Lyu was considered a potential successor.^[9] However, Lyu remained at the Commission of National Corporations for a time.^[10] Later that year, Lyu left both the Commission of National Corporations and China Airlines.^[11][12] In June 2004, Lyu succeeded Chen Mu-tsai as chairman and president of the Bank of Taiwan.^[13][14] Concurrently, Lyu also served on an economic advisory committee led by Lin Hsin-i.^[15][16] During his tenure, the merger of the Bank of Taiwan with the Central Trust of China was approved.^[17]

In January 2006, Lyu was appointed finance minister, replacing Lin Chuan.^[18][19] Lyu took office on 25 January 2006.^[20] Lyu left the cabinet in September to chair King's Town Bank.^[21] In January 2008, Lyu became the chairman of Mega Financial Holding Company.^[22][23] Wang Rong-jou replaced Lyu in July.^[24] In August 2016, Lyu was named to a government taskforce convened to probe the New York branch of Mega International Commercial Bank.^[25] Later, Lyu returned to Taiwan Financial Holding, and the Bank of Taiwan as chairman.^[26][27]