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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chairman and Executive Director
Mr. Yang Yuanqing, 48, is Chief Executive Officer and an executive director of the Company and has been appointed as Chairman of the Board on November 3, 2011. He is also a director and a shareholder of Sureinvest Holdings Limited which holds interests in the issued share capital of the Company. Mr. Yang assumed the duties of Chief Executive Officer on February 5, 2009. Prior to that, he was the Chairman of the Board from April 30, 2005. Before taking up the office as Chairman, Mr. Yang was the Chief Executive Officer and has been an executive director since December 16, 1997. He has more than 20 years of experience in the field of computers. Under his leadership, Lenovo has been China’s best-selling PC brand since 1997. Mr. Yang holds a Master’s degree from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Science and Technology of China. Mr. Yang is also a guest professor at the University of Science and Technology of China and a member of the New York Stock Exchange’s International Advisory Committee.
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Non-Executive Directors
Mr. Zhu Linan, 50, has been a non-executive director of the Company since April 30, 2005. Mr. Zhu graduated with a Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and has more than 20 years of management experience. He was a Senior Vice President of the Group. Mr. Zhu is currently a director of Legend Holdings Limited, the controlling shareholder of the Company. He is also a non-executive director of Peak Sport Products Co., Limited (HKSE listed) and a director of Foshan Saturday Shoes Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen Stock Exchange listed).
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Ms. Ma Xuezheng, 60, has been a non-executive Vice Chairman of the Company since May 23, 2007. Prior to that, she was an executive director and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since 1997 and 2000 respectively and held directorship in various subsidiaries of the Company. Ms. Ma holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Capital Normal University. She is currently chairman of Boyu Capital Limited, a private equity firm focusing mainly in Greater China investment, and a member of the Listing Committee of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Besides, she is also a non-executive director of Wumart Stores, Inc. (HKSE listed) and an independent non-executive director of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited.
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Dr. Wu Yibing, 45, has been appointed as a non-executive director on May 21, 2009. Dr. Wu received a Ph.D. from Harvard University and a B.Sc. from the University of Science and Technology of China. He is currently the President of CITIC Private Equity Funds Management Co., Ltd.. Dr. Wu was most recently the Managing Director and Executive Vice President of Legend Holdings Limited, the controlling shareholder of the Company, and the chief transformation officer of the Company. From 1996 to 2008, Dr.Wu was a senior partner of McKinsey & Company where he worked on a wide range of projects in industries including high tech, telecom, health care, energy, and financial services, and prior to that, he was a consultant at Harvard University. Dr. Wu is a nonexecutive director of Neptune Orient Lines Limited (Singapore Stock Exchange listed) and he also sits on the advisory board of China Unicom, as well as the board of China Social Entrepreneur Foundation.
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Mr. Zhao John Huan, 50, has been appointed as a non-executive director of the Company on November 3, 2011. Mr. Zhao holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, dual master’s degrees in Electric Engineering and Physics from Northern Illinois University and a bachelor’s degree in Physics from Nanjing University. He is currently a director and a senior vice president of Legend Holdings Limited, the controlling shareholder of the Company and the chief executive officer of Hony Capital Limited.
Prior to joining Hony Capital Limited and Legend Holdings Limited in 2003, Mr. Zhao held numerous chief executive officer and chairman roles. He was the advisor to chief executive officer of UTStarcom, Inc. (NYSE listed) and the Company from 2002 to 2003. Besides, he currently holds the following directorship; a director of Simcere Pharmaceutical Group (NYSE listed), an executive director of China Pharmaceutical Group Limited and non-executive director of Wumart Stores, Inc., China Glass Holdings Limited and Chinasoft International Limited (all HKSE listed) and an independent director of Fiat Industrial S.P.A.(MTA Italian Stock Exchange listed). He is an Advisor Professor of Business School, Nanjing University.
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Independent Non-Executive Directors
Mr. Ting Lee Sen, 70, has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since February 27, 2003. Mr. Ting has extensive knowledge and experience in IT industry. He is currently the Managing Director of W.R. Hambrecht + Co., a board director of Microelectronics Technology Inc. (Taiwan Stock Exchange listed) and an independent board member of NeoPhotonics Corporation (NYSE listed). He is also a former corporate vice president of Hewlett-Packard Company, where he worked for more than 30 years. Mr. Ting holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Oregon State University and graduated from the Stanford Executive Program at Stanford University.
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Dr. Tian Suning, 49, has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since August 2, 2007. Dr. Tian holds a Ph.D. in natural resource management from Texas Tech University and a M.S. degree in ecology from Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is the founder and chairman of a Chinese focused private equity fund China Broadband Capital Partners, L.P.. He held various senior positions in China Netcom Group Corporations (Hong Kong) Ltd. (HKSE and NYSE listed) from 1999 to 2006and was a vice chairman of PCCW Ltd. (HKSE listed) between 2005 and 2007. From 1993 till 1999, he was co-founder and CEO of AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc. (NASDAQ listed) of which he is now a board member. He is currently an independent non-executive director of MasterCard Incorporated (NYSE listed) and Taikang Life Insurance Company Ltd. In addition, he is a non-executive director of Media China Corporation Limited (HKSE listed) and a senior advisor of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co..
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Mr. Nicholas C. Allen, 57, has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since November 6, 2009. Mr. Allen received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics/Social Studies from Manchester University, United Kingdom. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Allen has extensive experience in accounting and auditing and was a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers until his retirement in June 2007. Mr. Allen is also an independent non-executive director of CLP Holdings Limited and Hysan Development Company Limited (both HKSE listed) and an independent non-executive director of VinaLand Limited (London Stock Exchange AIM listed).
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Mr. Nobuyuki Idei, 75, has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company on September 28, 2011. Mr. Idei holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and economics from Waseda University in Tokyo. He is founder and chief executive officer of Quantum Leaps Corporation, a consultancy company he founded in September 2006. Until retiring in June 2005, for more than a decade, Mr. Idei held a wide variety of leadership positions at Sony Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange, Osaka Securities Exchange, NYSE and London Stock Exchange listed), including chairman and group chief executive officer from 2000 to 2005, president and chief executive officer from 1999 to 2000, and president and representative director from 1995 to 1999. He was also the chairman of Sony’s advisory board from June 2005 to June 2012. Mr. Idei currently serves on the boards of directors of Accenture plc (NYSE listed), Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ listed) and FreeBit Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Stock Exchange listed). Mr. Idei is also chairman of the National Conference on Fostering Beautiful Forests in Japan.
He has served on the boards of directors of Nestlé S.A., Electrolux and General Motors Company and also served in a number of other advisory positions including as counselor to the Bank of Japan, vice chairman of Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) and chairman of the IT Strategy Council, an advisory committee to Japan’s Prime Minister.
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Mr. William O. Grabe, 74, has been re-designated as an independent non-executive director of the Company on February 8, 2012. Prior to that, he was a non-executive director of the Company since May 17, 2005. Mr. Grabe is an Advisory Director of General Atlantic LLC. He formerly served as a Managing Director of General Atlantic and has been associated with General Atlantic Group since 1992. Prior to that, he served as the Vice President and Corporate Officer of IBM. Mr. Grabe is also a director of the following listed companies: Gartner Inc. (NYSE listed) and Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ listed).
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Mr. William Tudor Brown, 54, has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company on January 30, 2013. Mr. Brown is a Chartered Engineer and holds an MA (Cantab) Degree in Electrical Sciences from Cambridge University. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Mr. Brown was one of the founders of ARM Holdings plc (a company listed on London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ). In ARM Holdings plc, he served as an Engineering Director from 1993 and Chief Technical Officer from 1997 to October 2000, Executive Vice President for Global Development from October 2000 to October 2001, and Chief Operating Officer from October 2001 to July 2008. He had responsibility for developing high-level relationships with industry partners and governmental agencies and for regional development. He served as a director at ARM Holdings plc from October 2001 to May 3, 2012 and became President of ARM Holdings plc in July 2008. He also served as director of ARM Ltd. since 1993. Before joining ARM Holdings plc, he was Principal Engineer at Acorn Computers Ltd., working exclusively on the ARM research & development programme since 1984.
Mr. Brown joined ANT plc (a company listed on London Stock Exchange) as a non-executive director in May 2005 and became senior independent director in May 2006. He served on the UK Government Asia Task Force until May 2012. He also sits on the advisory board of Annapurna Labs.
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Updated: January 30, 2013
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