Issiah Owens
Adam Little
Brian D. Walters
Brian serves as Executive Vice-President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary for Matthews International Corporation having joined the Company as corporate counsel in January 2005 and having been promoted to the role of General Counsel in February 2009. Brian directs all legal operations for the Company globally, in addition to serving as a member of Matthews’ executive leadership team.
Established in 1850, Matthews now operates 3 very diverse business segments in over 35 countries. In 20 years of leading the legal function for Matthews, Brian has directed over 80 mergers and acquisitions, varying in size, complexities, industries and geographies. During that same period, the annual revenue of the Company has more than tripled to approximately USD 1.8 Billion.
Brian is also responsible for developing and directing various global compliance programs addressing trade secret protection, anti-trust, anti-corruption, data protection, export controls and insider trading.
Fortune Shieh
Fortune Shieh, the Associate General Counsel of TSMC, boasts an illustrious career with diverse experiences. Starting as a public prosecutor, he served as the deputy director at Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council. Later, he became the managing attorney at Arthur Andersen's law firm in Taipei, followed by director of legal and public affairs of TSMC Shanghai, deputy legal director of TSMC North America, and eventually legal director at TSMC headquarters.
Fortune has been instrumental in initiating TSMC's trade secret program, which includes a trade secret registration system and intelligent management. He also serves as the Chairman of the Taiwan Association for Trade Secret Protection Promotion.
Fortune holds an LL.B. from National Taiwan University, an LL.M. from Boston University, a Master's degree in intellectual property from the Franklin Pierce Law Center, and a Ph.D. in law from National Chengchi University. He is licensed to practice law in both New York and Taiwan.
The Honorable Kent Jordan
Kent A. Jordan is a Director in the Wilmington, Delaware law firm of Richards, Layton & Finger. Previously, since 2006, he served as a United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit. Before that, he was a United States District Judge for the District of Delaware from 2002 to 2006. Judge Jordan received a B.A. in Economics in 1981 from Brigham Young University and a J.D. in 1984 from Georgetown University. He was an Assistant United States Attorney and head of the Civil Division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Delaware. Later, he served as an officer and as a member of the boards of directors of privately held businesses and was a partner in a law firm. He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt University and has served as President of the Board of Trustees of the American Inns of Court Foundation, as well as on the boards of other non-profit organizations.
The Honourable F. Dennis Saylor IV
Dean Alderucci
John Lee
