Thomas Huang | |
Office1: | 12th Chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission |
Term Start1: | 20 May 2020 |
Primeminister1: | Su Tseng-chang Chen Chien-jen |
Predecessor1: | Wellington Koo |
Term Label2: | Acting |
Term Start2: | 3 October 2016 |
Term End2: | 19 October 2016 |
Predecessor2: | Ding Kung-wha |
Successor2: | Lee Ruey-tsang |
Office3: | Vice Chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission |
Term Start3: | 2 September 2013 |
Term End3: | 19 May 2020 |
1Blankname3: | Chairperson |
Predecessor3: | Wu Tang-chieh |
Birth Date: | 1958 8, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Shilin, Yangmingshan Administrative Bureau, Taipei, Taiwan |
Nationality: | Taiwan |
Party: | Independent |
Parents: | Huang Chao-li (father) |
Alma Mater: | National Chengchi University National Sun Yat-sen University University of Southern California |
Huang Tien-mu (; born 5 August 1958) or Thomas Huang is a Taiwanese politician. He was appointed chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission in May 2020. He previously served as chairman of the agency in an acting capacity in 2016.
Huang Tien-mu is also known as Thomas Huang.[1] [2] He obtained a bachelor's degree in banking and finance from National Chengchi University in 1980, master's degree in law from National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU) in 1984 and doctoral degree 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 as interim deputy director-general, the FSC itself as secretary-general,[9] and the FSC's 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]