Company: GCTS
Filing Date: 2025-08-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-102009
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Company: GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-04
Form: DEF 14A
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 certain expenses and costs relating to claims, suits, or proceedings arising from service to us or, at our request, service to other entities to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

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Executive Officers Below is biographical information about our executive officers as of July 25, 2025:

| Name             |     | Age |     | Current Position                                           |
| John Schlaefer   |     |  61 |     | President, Chief Executive Officer and Class III Director  |
| Edmond Cheng     |     |  64 |     | Chief Financial Officer                                    |
| Dr. Jeongmin Kim |     |  55 |     | Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer |
| Alex Sum         |     |  77 |     | Sr. Vice President of Sales and Marketing                  |

John Schlaefer . John Schlaefer’s biographical information is set forth above under the heading “Proposal 1 - Election of Directors - Continuing Directors.” Edmond Cheng . Edmond Cheng is our Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining us as our Chief Financial Officer in March 2024, Mr. Cheng was the CFO for Cenntro Inc., a leading commercial EV company that focuses on offering zero-emission electric vehicles. He joined the company in 2021 and was instrumental in leading the company’s IPO process. Mr. Cheng currently serves on the board of GCB AutoX which seeks to be the leader in the automotive aftermarket based in Mexico. Before joining Cenntro, he was the CFO at Mithera Capital, a PE/VC firm based in the Pacific Northwest, where he brought extensive financial management experience with expertise in corporate development, cross-border mergers & acquisitions, corporate controllerships, internal controls, treasury and corporate governance. Prior, Mr. Cheng served as CFO of other publicly listed companies including TCL Electronics Holdings, UTStarcom Inc., and Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co. Ltd., as well as private equity-owned portfolio companies from Temasek Holdings, Hony Capital/Goldman Sachs, and Blackstone Group/HNA Group. Mr. Cheng holds an MBA from Columbia University, London School of Business, and Hong Kong University. He also received a Master of Accounting and Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Jeongmin Kim, Ph.D . Dr. Jeongmin Kim is our Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering and, prior to the Business Combination had served as GCT