People: Cathay General Bancorp (CATY.O)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Dunson Cheng	68	1994	Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer
Peter Wu	64	2003	Executive Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Operating Officer
Heng Chen	60	2003	Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Treasurer
Anthony Tang	59	2003	Executive Vice President, Director
Perry Oei	50	2010	Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
Kim Bingham	56	2004	Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer of the Bank
Irwin Wong	64	2011	Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer of the Bank
Patrick Lee	77	2011	Lead Independent Director
Michael Chang	74	2010	Director
Thomas Chiu	64	2003	Director
Kelly Chan	65	1990	Independent Director
Nelson Chung	59	2005	Independent Director
Felix Fernandez		2013	Independent Director
Jane Jelenko	63	2012	Independent Director
Ting Liu	75	2003	Independent Director
Joseph Poon	65	2011	Independent Director
Monica Chen		2012	IR Contact

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Biographies

Name	Description
Dunson Cheng	Mr. Dunson K. Cheng is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Cathay General Bancorp. He has been a Trustee and President of Cathay Real Estate Investment Trust since February 2003. Mr. Cheng has 30 years of banking experience. He serves on the boards of DiCon Fiberoptics, Inc. (a supplier of optical components, integrated modules, and test equipment for the fiber optics industry), Tsinghua Education Foundation (N.A.) Inc., and PATH Achieve Glendale. He formerly served on the board of directors of the California Bankers Association. Mr. Cheng received a Ph.D. in Physics. He has been a Director of Cathay Bank since 1982.
Peter Wu	Mr. Peter Wu is an Executive Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Operating Officer of Cathay General Bancorp. He has been the Chairman of the Board of GBC Venture Capital, Inc. since 1997, President and Chief Executive Officer of GBC Venture Capital, Inc. since 2003, and a Director, Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Cathay Bank Foundation since 2005. Prior to joining Bancorp, Mr. Wu was a co-founder, Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of General Bank and its publicly-held bank holding company, GBC Bancorp, until they were merged with Cathay Bank and Bancorp in 2003. Mr. Wu received a Ph.D. in Mathematics. He has been a Director of Bancorp and Cathay Bank since 2003.
Heng Chen	Mr. Heng W. Chen is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Treasurer of Cathay General Bancorp, since June 2003. He is Executive Vice President of Cathay Bank since 2003, and Chief Financial Officer of Cathay Bank since 2004. He has been Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cathay Real Estate Investment Trust since 2003 and a Director, Vice President, and Chief Financial Officer of GBC Venture Capital, Inc. since 2003. Prior to joining Bancorp, Mr. Chen had 25 years of experience in the areas of finance, accounting, and banking at City National Bank and its publicly-held bank holding company, City National Corporation, and at Price Waterhouse. Mr. Chen was formerly a Certified Public Accountant and received a Master of Business Administration degree.
Anthony Tang	Mr. Anthony M. Tang is an Executive Vice President, Director of Cathay General Bancorp. Mr. Tang has been an Executive Vice President of Bancorp since 1994 and Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer of Cathay Bank since 1998, and has 30 years of banking experience. He has been a Trustee and Vice President of Cathay Real Estate Investment Trust since February 2003. Mr. Tang was formerly the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Bancorp from 1990 to 2003. He received a Master of Business Administration degree. Mr. Tang has been a Director of Cathay Bank since 1986 and of Bancorp since it was formed as a holding company in 1990. Through his service to Cathay Bank in management capacities for 25 years.
Perry Oei	Mr. Perry P. Oei is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of Cathay General Bancorp. He is Senior Vice President of Bancorp and the Bank since January 2004; General Counsel of Bancorp and the Bank since July 2001; Secretary of Bancorp and the Bank since August 2010.
Kim Bingham
Irwin Wong	Mr. Irwin Wong is an Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer of Cathay Bank, subsidiary of Cathay General Bancorp., since February 2011. Mr. Wong was Executive Vice President-Branch Administration of the Bank from 1999 to February 2011.
Patrick Lee	Mr. Patrick S.D. Lee is Lead Independent Director of Cathay General Bancorp. Mr. Lee is the founder and former President of T.C. Construction Corporation, a company in the construction and development of commercial and residential real estate in the greater Los Angeles area. Mr. Lee is active in the Los Angeles Chinese-American community and currently serves as a director of the Chinatown Service Center and as an advisor on the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. He has been a Trustee of Cathay Real Estate Investment Trust since 2003 and a Director of Cathay Bank Foundation since 2004. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, and has been licensed as a structural engineer, civil engineer, and general contractor. Mr. Lee has been a Director of Cathay Bank since 1983 and of Bancorp since it was formed as a holding company in 1990. He has been serving as the Lead Independent Director of Bancorp since May 2011.
Michael Chang	Mr. Michael M.Y. Chang is Director of Cathay General Bancorp. Mr. Chang is a retired attorney, having practiced law in Los Angeles for 30 years until retiring in 2000. He was the Secretary of Bancorp and Cathay Bank from 2001 to August 2010. Mr. Chang was one of the founders of the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association. He formerly served as a director of Chinatown Service Center, a community-based Chinese-American health and human services organization in Southern California. He received a Juris Doctor and a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. Mr. Chang has been a Director of Cathay Bank since 1983 and of Bancorp since it was formed as a holding company in 1990.
Thomas Chiu	Dr. Thomas C.T. Chiu is Director of Cathay General Bancorp, since October 20, 2003. He is a medical doctor, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Independent Physicians Association, and had served as Chairman of the Governing Board and committees at the Garfield Medical Center. He had been a director of General Bank and its publicly-held bank holding company, GBC Bancorp, for 10 years until they were merged with Cathay Bank and Bancorp in 2003. Dr. Chiu has been a Director of Cathay Bank since 2003. Dr. Chiu is a medical doctor in Southern California. He has been with Garfield Medical Center, which is a multi-language/multi-cultural health care facility in Monterey Park California, a community that has a Chinese-American population. He is an active participant in the Chinese-American community, which is serviced by Cathay Bank.
Kelly Chan	Mr. Kelly L. Chan is an Independent Director of Cathay General Bancorp, since 1990. He is an owner and Vice President of Phoenix Bakery Inc., a family-owned retail bakery that began in Los Angeles Chinatown and that has been serving the Los Angeles area for 70 years. Mr. Chan is a Certified Public Accountant with 25 years of experience, and received a Master of Business Administration degree. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1970 to 1973 and in the U.S. Naval Reserve until his retirement in 2000 with the rank of Captain. Mr. Chan has been a Director of Cathay Bank since 1981.
Nelson Chung	Mr. Nelson Chung is an Independent Director of Cathay General Bancorp, since 2005. Mr. Chung is President of Pacific Communities Builder, Inc., which has built 4,000 home sites and developed 150 communities in Southern California. Mr. Chung has 30 years of experience in real estate development. He received a Master’s in Urban Design degree and is a licensed architect, general contractor, and real estate broker in California. Mr. Chung has been a Director of Bancorp and Cathay Bank since 2005.
Felix Fernandez	Mr. Felix Fernandez has been appointed as the Independent Director of Cathay General Bancorp. effective January 2, 2013. He has served at Wells Fargo in various capacities for over 15 years. In 2011, he retired as a Corporate Executive Vice President and Regional President of Community Banking for Wells Fargo in the Northern California region, responsible for up to 150 branches, $15 billion in deposits and $1.5 billion in loans, and 2,700 employees in retail bank and small-to-medium business lending. Prior to working at Wells Fargo, Mr. Fernandez served as Executive Vice President of International Business Banking at State National Bank in El Paso, Texas, where he was responsible for the Mexico businesses market, and also served in various positions at Valley National Bank of Arizona (later a part of Chase Bank). Mr. Fernandez has been active in community and business organizations throughout his career, including affiliations with the United Way, Boys and Girls Club of America, Boy Scouts of America, Bankers Association for Finance and Trade, and the Greater Sacramento Chamber of Commerce. His current board service includes Sacramento State University Enterprise, Inc., Dignity Health Sacramento Service Region Board, the Crocker Art Museum, and most recently the California Bankers Association.
Jane Jelenko	Ms. Jane Jelenko is an Independent Director of Cathay General Bancorp, since January 2, 2012. Ms. Jelenko was a partner at KPMG LLP, a global audit, tax, and advisory services firm, where she became the first woman consulting partner in 1983 and where she served 25 years (from 1977 to 2003) in various capacities including the National Industry Director for its Banking and Finance group, a member of the firm’s Board of Directors, and the leader for the firm’s Banking and Investment Services Consulting group. She has served on the Countrywide Bank board (Audit and Operations Committees), the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee, and the Organization of Women Executives board. She serves on the boards of two mutual funds within the SunAmerica Mutual Funds family, and on non-profit boards, including the Music Center of Los Angeles County, Gabriella Education Foundation, and the Constitutional Rights Foundation (emeritus). She received a Master of Business Administration in Finance. She has been awarded certification by the UCLA Anderson School of Management, Director Training and Certification Program.
Ting Liu	Mr. Ting Y. Liu is an Independent Director of Cathay General Bancorp, since October 20, 2003. Mr. Liu was a co-founder and a director of General Bank and its publicly-held bank holding company, GBC Bancorp, until they were merged with Cathay Bank and Bancorp in 2003. Mr. Liu was an aerospace research scientist for 12 years, has been a real estate developer of motels and hotels and co-founded Western Underwriter, an insurance company, in 1985. He co-founded the Southern California Hotel/Motel Association in the early 1980s and was in the Holiday Inn Franchisee Association where he served as the regional committee member for many terms. Mr. Liu received a Ph.D. in Aerospace Science. He has been a Director of Bancorp and Cathay Bank since 2003.
Joseph Poon	Mr. Joseph C. H. Poon is an Independent Director of Cathay General Bancorp. Mr. Poon is President of Edward Properties, LLC, a real estate development company that specializes in residential, industrial, and commercial projects, and he has 30 years of experience in real estate development. He received a Master of Business Administration degree and a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering. Mr. Poon has been a Director of Cathay Bank since 1981. He served as the Lead Independent Director of Bancorp from July 2010 to May 2011.
Monica Chen

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Dunson Cheng	1,520,020
Peter Wu	680,549
Heng Chen	488,800
Anthony Tang	489,171
Perry Oei	--
Kim Bingham	--
Irwin Wong	388,247
Patrick Lee	--
Michael Chang	--
Thomas Chiu	--
Kelly Chan	--
Nelson Chung	--
Felix Fernandez	--
Jane Jelenko	--
Ting Liu	--
Joseph Poon	--
Monica Chen	--

As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Dunson Cheng	1,405,654	12,909,205
Peter Wu	625,344	6,975,801
Heng Chen	254,072	551,617
Anthony Tang	290,820	4,129,545
Perry Oei	0	0
Kim Bingham	0	0
Irwin Wong	264,768	3,180,771
Patrick Lee	0	0
Michael Chang	0	0
Thomas Chiu	0	0
Kelly Chan	0	0
Nelson Chung	0	0
Felix Fernandez	0	0
Jane Jelenko	0	0
Ting Liu	0	0
Joseph Poon	0	0
Monica Chen	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
BINGHAM KIM R	146	$0.00
TANG ANTHONY M	278	$0.00
WONG IRWIN	195	$0.00
CHENG DUNSON K	1,270	$0.00
WU PETER P	503	$0.00
CHEN HENG W	278	$0.00
CHENG DUNSON K	1,309	$0.00
CHEN HENG W	285	$0.00
WONG IRWIN	204	$0.00
TANG ANTHONY M	285	$0.00
BINGHAM KIM R	150	$0.00
WU PETER P	519	$0.00
WU PETER P	525	$0.00
CHEN HENG W	289	$0.00
CHENG DUNSON K	1,325	$0.00
BINGHAM KIM R	152	$0.00
WONG IRWIN	206	$0.00
TANG ANTHONY M	289	$0.00
CHENG DUNSON K	1,264	$0.00
WONG IRWIN	175	$0.00
TANG ANTHONY M	281	$0.00
CHENG DUNSON K	6,690	$0.00
WU PETER P	508	$0.00
BINGHAM KIM R	146	$0.00
CHEN HENG W	281	$0.00

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