Huang Tien-mu

Huang Tien-mu, also known by his English name Thomas Huang, is a Taiwanese financier. 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.

Early life and education

Huang Tien-mu is also known as Thomas Huang. 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 in 1984, and his Ph.D. in public administration from the University of Southern California in the United States in 1993. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Privatizing public enterprises in developing countries: The case of Taiwan's government-owned banks".

Huang began his public service career within the Ministry of Finance. He was director of the Bureau of Monetary Affairs fourth division, and later secretary-general, director, and deputy director 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, and the FSC's as director general.
In 2012, Huang was named director-general of the FSC's Bureau of Securities and Futures. He remained in that position through September 2013, when he was appointed to the FSC deputy chairmanship. He assumed the FSC chairmanship in an acting capacity in October 2016. Huang returned to the vice chairmanship when Lee Ruey-tsang was named head of the FSC. 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.