In this biography
Quick facts
- Born
- May 1957
- Birthplace
- Not reliably established
- Country
- Thailand
- Nationality
- American
- Known for
- Electronics manufacturing services, semiconductor assembly and test, and Hana’s industrial investment decisions
- Education
- Business studies, Westminster; MBA in marketing, City University, London
- Hana board appointment
- 26 July 1993
- Executive career
- CEO from 1993; later president title recorded from 2022
- Manufacturing activities
- Electronics assembly and outsourced semiconductor assembly and test
- Nationality record
- Historic U.K. director filing records U.S. nationality; Thailand is the business-archive association
Why this life matters
His career helps distinguish established assembly-and-test operations from newer technology investments within a diversified electronics group.
Timeline
Key moments
Birth month and year
The U.K. company register gives May, without a day.
Hana board and executive role
The company dates his first board appointment to July 26 and his CEO service to 1993.
Nomination committee
The director CV records a committee role from this year.
President and CEO title
An earlier rotation profile distinguishes this title from the preceding executive-vice-chairman and CEO period.
Shareholder discussion of new technology
Explained the group’s approach to learning and cooperation in silicon carbide.
Impairment discussion
Minutes reproduced in the 2026 AGM notice record his explanation of a 2024 non-cash impairment associated with PMS.
Identity, education and the company record
Richard David Han, commonly called Richard Han, is the long-serving executive associated with Hana Microelectronics. A U.K. director filing records his birth in May 1957 and U.S. nationality. The Thailand archive reflects his industrial career, not an inference that every executive of a Thai-listed company is Thai.
Hana’s 2026 director profile records a business-studies degree from the University of Westminster and an MBA in marketing from City University in London. These are business qualifications; studying in Britain does not establish British nationality, and the profile does not describe an earned semiconductor-engineering doctorate.
A CEO appointment separate from Hana’s founding
The company dates Han’s first board appointment to 26 July 1993 and his CEO service to 1993. An earlier rotation profile distinguishes his later president-and-CEO title, from 2022, from the preceding executive-vice-chairman and CEO period. The change in title is not a new beginning for his entire career at the company.
Hana’s own history begins in 1978 with watch-module assembly. It predates his recorded CEO appointment by many years. His executive biography should therefore not be rewritten as though he founded the group in 1993 or personally created every production activity in its history.
Electronics assembly and semiconductor services
Hana describes established activities in electronics manufacturing services and outsourced semiconductor assembly and test. Its Ayutthaya operation provides IC assembly, packaging and testing. These processes help turn semiconductor devices into usable components, but they are not interchangeable with fabricating every chip’s circuitry on a wafer.
The group also performs printed-circuit-board assembly. A company can operate at more than one production stage and serve several end-markets. Keeping the stages visible makes Han’s role in a manufacturing group clearer than describing all electronics work simply as chipmaking.
Technology investment and its risks
At the 2024 shareholder meeting, Han discussed the group’s move into silicon carbide and the importance of cooperation and technical learning in South Korea. That was a discussion of a newer investment area, separate from the long-established assembly-and-test operations.
The following year’s meeting record includes his explanation of a non-cash impairment associated with PMS and its effect on the 2024 result. Those minutes are reproduced in the 2026 AGM notice. The record adds a financial setback to the career narrative: investing in a technology is not proof that commercial utilisation or returns have already met expectations.
Quick answers
Frequently asked questions about Richard David Han
- Who is Richard David Han?
- He is the Hana Microelectronics executive commonly known as Richard Han, with a CEO career the company dates to 1993.
- Did Richard Han found Hana in 1993?
- No. Hana’s company history begins in 1978. The 1993 date concerns his board appointment and executive service.
- What does Hana manufacture?
- Its established activities include electronics assembly and semiconductor assembly and test. Newer investment projects should be distinguished from those existing operations.
- Is Richard Han’s exact birthday documented here?
- No. The checked U.K. filing gives May 1957, not a day. This profile preserves month-level precision and does not calculate a birthday from a reported age.
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Sources and further reading
Explore the evidence
These references support the biography and offer further reading. Official records, first-person accounts and independent reporting provide different perspectives; image records document attribution and licensing.
- 1. U.K. Companies House · historic Hana UK director recordFull name, May 1957 birth record and filed nationality
This is a historic, self-filed register entry for Hana UK, not an independent investigation of citizenship or a current passport register. It records USA and May 1957. No precise day, birthplace or additional nationality is inferred; the Thailand archive association is separate from schema nationality.
- 2. Hana · 2026 AGM notice and attached earlier minutesDirector CV, first appointment and 2025 impairment discussion
The 2026 notice contains earlier meeting minutes. The impairment discussion belongs to the 2025 meeting and concerns 2024 financial results, not a new loss first announced at a 2026 meeting. A non-cash impairment is not described as a cash payment of the same amount.
- 3. Hana · 2024 director-rotation profileSeparate 1993–2022 and later executive titles
The 2024 profile distinguishes the president title from the earlier executive-vice-chairman period. Rounded ages are not used to override the register’s month-level birth information.
- 4. Hana · corporate historyThe group’s 1978 beginnings, before his CEO appointment
- 5. Hana · corporate operations overviewEMS, PCBA and assembly/test operations
- 6. Hana · Ayutthaya manufacturing profileIC assembly, packaging and test services
- 7. Hana · 2024 shareholder minutesSilicon-carbide investment and technical-learning discussion
The CEO’s technology explanation is attributed to the company meeting; it is not independent validation of future commercial success. Commons/public-licence searches did not clear a reusable portrait. The user approved content completion with the photo pending permission; no namesake or publicity portrait is copied.
