Sammy Cheung
Efinix Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Co-President, Co-Founder
Sammy Cheung is a co-founder of Efinix and has served as our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors since our founding in September 2012, as our Chairman of the Board since November 2020, and as Co-President since January 2026. He also served as our President from September 2012 to January 2026, and as our Chief Financial Officer from September 2012 to March 2022 and August 2025 to February 2026. Mr. Cheung has more than 35 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, with a background spanning FPGAs, structured ASICs, and non-volatile memory. Prior to co-founding Efinix, Mr. Cheung led the integrated circuit group at Stretch, Inc., a video processing semiconductor company. Before Stretch, Mr. Cheung spent 11 years at Altera Corporation. Mr. Cheung began his career at Cypress Semiconductor Corporation. Mr. Cheung holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Washington University, a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.
Tony Ngai
Efinix Co-President, Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder
Tony Ngai is a co-founder of Efinix and has served as a member of our board of directors since our founding in September 2012. He has served as our Chief Technology Officer since April 2014 and as a Co-President since January 2026. He has also served as our Executive Vice President, Engineering from December 2025 to January 2026. Mr. Ngai has more than 30 years of experience developing FPGAs, and prior to co-founding Efinix held engineering and architecture roles at companies including Altera Corporation, Xilinx, Inc., Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, and AT&T Bell Laboratories. Mr. Ngai brings a combination of FPGA architecture, integrated circuit design, and place-and-route software expertise that underlies our proprietary Quantum architecture. Mr. Ngai holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto.
Richard Sevcik
Richard Sevcik has served as a member of our board of directors since May 2018, as a member of our Compensation Committee since November 2018, and as the sole member and de facto Chairman of our Compensation Committee since February 2021. Mr. Sevcik spent nearly a decade as Executive Vice President at Xilinx, Inc. After Xilinx, Mr. Sevcik founded Sevcik Consulting, which provides consulting services to semiconductor companies. Mr. Sevcik has served as a member of boards of directors and committees of publicly-traded companies, including Xilinx Alpha & Omega Semiconductors (Audit, Compensation and Governance committees) and Liquidmetal Technologies (Compensation committee). Mr. Sevcik has a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering with a major in Physics from the University of Illinois and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science Engineering from Northwestern University.
Christopher Norris
Christopher Norris has served as a member of our board of directors since May 2018, as a member of our Audit Committee since November 2018, and as Chairman of our Audit Committee from November 2018 to 2026. Mr. Norris has served as an Executive Director at Santa Clara University since November 2018, where he is also adjunct faculty, and the founding Executive Director of the Ciocca Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Previously, Mr. Norris served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a board member of Alta Devices, Inc., and as a Venture Partner at BlueRun Ventures. Earlier, he served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a board member of MicroDisplay Corporation and spent 17 years at Cypress Semiconductor Corporation. Mr. Norris is the founder of Aurinko Group, an executive consulting firm. Mr. Norris has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Idaho and a Master of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Santa Clara University.
Mohd Rashdan Abdul Razak
Mohd Rashdan Abdul Razak has served as a member of our board of directors since December 2023. Mr. Razak currently serives as Head of the Special Investment Unit in the Government Investment Companies Division of the Ministry of Finance, Malaysia. Mr. Razak began his career as a Research and Development Engineer in Japan and later in Malaysia before he joined the Malaysian Public Service Department as an Assistant Secretary in the Electricity Supply Division of the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water. He has also served as the Senior Assistant Secretary in the International Relations Division of the Ministry of Higher Education and subsequently assigned to the Development Division in the same Ministry. Mr. Razak serves on the board of directors of Johor Port Berhad, Innocorp Ventures Sdn Bhd, Inno Bio Ventures Sdn Bhd and iGene Sdn Bhd. He holds a Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Ibaraki University (Japan), an MBA from University Malaya (Malaysia), a Diploma in Public Administration from Institut Tadbiran Awam Negara (INTAN), and a Certificate in International Studies from University of Bath (United Kingdom).
Taraec Hussein
Taraec Hussein has served as a member of our board of directors since February 2026. Mr. Hussein is an investment professional focused on venture capital and private equity across Southeast Asia. He has served as Senior Principal of Jelawang Capital Sdn. Bhd. since March 2025. Prior to joining Jelawang, he was Vice President of Gobi Mavcap Management (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. from August 2017 to August 2023. Mr. Hussein began his career in investment banking, where he focused on equity capital markets, including initial public offering pricing, rights issues and secondary placements, before transitioning to venture capital. He currently serves on the board of directors of Axiata Digital Innovation Fund Sdn Bhd and Intres Capital Partners Sdn Bhd. Mr. Hussein holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Manchester (United Kingdom).
Leslie Leung
Leslie Leung has served as a member of our board of directors since May 2024. He has served as a Senior Vice President at Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Limited (“CTFE”), a Hong Kong-based diversified investment holding company since February 2017. Prior to CTFE, Mr. Leung was a Strategic Investment Manager at Alibaba Group Holding Limited, and worked as an investment banker at Rothschild & Co. He served on the board of directors of Spinifex OWF Holdings Pty Ltd, Spinifex Offshore Wind Farm Pty Ltd, and other companies affiliated with CTFE, and as an alternate director for Pioneer Sail Holdings Pty Limited, Pioneer Sail Australia Pty Limited, Alinta Energy Pty Limited, and Latrobe Valley Power (Holdings) Pty Ltd. Mr. Leung holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Auckland (New Zealand), and is a CFA charterholder and a Fellow of CPA Australia (FCPA).