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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chairman and Executive Director
Mr. Yang Yuanqing, 47, is the Chairman of the Board, an executive director and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. He assumed the duties of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company on November 3, 2011 and February 5, 2009 respectively. Prior to that, he was the Chairman of the Board from April 30, 2005 to February 4, 2009. Before taking up the office as Chairman, Mr. Yang was the Chief Executive Officer of the Company 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 and a member of the New York Stock Exchange’s International Advisory Committee.
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Non-Executive Directors
Mr. Zhu Linan, 49, has been a non-executive director of the Company since April 30, 2005. He has more than 20 years of management experience. He graduated with a Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1987. 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, 59, 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 has more than 30 years of experience in financial and executive management. She graduated from Capital Normal University in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Ms. Ma is currently the chairman of Boyu Capital Limited, a newly formed private equity firm focusing mainly in Greater China investment. She is currently a member of the Listing Committee of HKSE. Besides, she is holding the following directorship; a non-executive director of Wumart Stores, Inc. (HKSE listed) and also an independent non-executive director of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited.
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Dr. Wu Yibing, 44, has been a non-executive director of the Company since 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 non-executive director of Neptune Orient Lines Limited (Singapore Stock Exchange listed). He sits on the board of China Social Entrepreneur Foundation.
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Mr. Zhao John Huan, 49, has been a non-executive director of the Company since November 3, 2011. He 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. Mr. Zhao is also 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), an independent director of Fiat Industrial S.P.A. (MTA Italian Stock Exchange listed) and an non-executive non-independent director of Biosensors International Group Ltd (Singapore Stock Exchange listed). He is the Advisor Professor of Business School, Nanjing University.
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Independent Non-Executive Directors
Professor Woo Chia-Wei, 74, has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since August 23, 1999. Professor Woo is Senior Advisor to The Shui On Group, and is also President Emeritus and University Professor Emeritus of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. In addition, Professor Woo is an independent non-executive director of First Shanghai Investments Ltd., Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd. and Trony Solar Holdings Company Limited (all HKSE listed).
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Mr. Ting Lee Sen, 69, has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since February 27, 2003. He has extensive knowledge and experience in IT industry and is the Managing Director of W.R. Hambrecht + Co. and 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 obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Oregon State University in 1965. He attended graduate studies in the same field at Stanford University and is a graduate of the Stanford Executive Program.
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Dr. Tian Suning, 48, 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 2006 and 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, 56, 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, 74, has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since September 28, 2011. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and economics from Waseda University in Tokyo. Mr. Idei is founder and chief executive officer of Quantum Leaps Corporation, a consultancy company he founded in September 2006. It serves to nurture and develop venture companies, help corporate transformation and enhance Japanese competitiveness for the 21st century. 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). He has also held the position of chairman of advisory board of Sony Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange, Osaka Securities Exchange, NYSE and London Stock Exchange listed) since his retirement from an executive position in June 2005. Mr. Idei is also chairman of the National Conference on Fostering Beautiful Forests in Japan.
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Mr. William O. Grabe, 73, 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 from May 17, 2005 to February 7, 2012. Mr. Grabe retired as a managing director of General Atlantic LLC in 2010 and currently serves as an advisory director of General Atlantic LLC. He was associated with the General Atlantic group since 1992. Prior to that, he served as a Vice President and corporate officer of IBM Corporation (New York Stock Exchange listed). Mr. Grabe is currently a director of Gartner Inc. (New York Stock Exchange listed) and Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ listed).
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Updated: February 8, 2012
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