POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

AND RELATED FILINGS

Each of the undersigned Trustees of Matthews International Funds, d/b/a Matthews Asia Funds (the “Trust”), hereby appoints each of John P. McGowan, Deepa Damre Smith, Shai Malka, and David A. Hearth, each with power to act without the others and with power of substitution, his or her attorneys-in-fact and agents, in all capacities, to execute and to file (i) the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-14, in connection with the reorganization of the Matthews Asia Growth Fund with and into the Matthews Asia Innovators Fund, filed and to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) and (ii) any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) (collectively, as amended and including post-effective amendments, the “Registration Statements”), and, in each case, to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all documents in connection therewith, with the SEC under the Securities Act and the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Each of the undersigned grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents full authority to do every act necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the undersigned could do if personally present, thereby ratifying all that said attorneys-in fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Each of the undersigned hereby executes this Power of Attorney as of this 1st day of May, 2026.

 

By:		/s/ Gale K. Caruso				By:		/s/ Neal Andrews
		Gale K. Caruso						Neal Andrews
		Trustee						Trustee
By:		/s/ Christopher F. Lee				By:		/s/ Rhoda Rossman
		Christopher F. Lee						Rhoda Rossman
		Trustee						Trustee
By:		/s/ Jonathan F. Zeschin
		Jonathan F. Zeschin
		Trustee