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DIRECTORS’ REPORT (CONTINUED)
Directors (continued)
Independent Non-executive Directors
Professor Woo Chia-Wei
Mr. Ting Lee Sen
Mr. John W. Barter III
Dr. Tian Suning (appointed on August 2, 2007)
Mr. Wong Wai Ming (resigned on May 23, 2007)
In accordance with articles 92 and 101 of the Company’s articles of association, Dr. Tian Suning, Professor Woo Chia-Wei, Mr. Ting
Lee Sen, Mr. Liu Chuanzhi and Mr. Zhu Linan will retire and, being eligible, will offer themselves for re-election at the forthcoming
Annual General Meeting.
The Company has received from each of independent non-executive directors an annual confirmation of his independence pursuant
to rule 3.13 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange (“Listing Rules”). The Company considers they
are independent.
Biography of directors and senior management
Biography of directors
Executive directors
Mr. Yang Yuanqing, 44, is the Chairman of the Board. Mr. Yang is a former 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 computer, graduating from
the Department of Computer Science at the University of Science and Technology of China with a Master’s degree in 1989.
Mr. William J. Amelio, 50, has been an executive director, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since December
20, 2005. Prior to joining the Company, he was the Senior Vice President for the Asia-Pacific and Japan regions of Dell Inc.. Prior
to joining Dell in March 2001, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the retail and financial group of NCR
Corporation from July 2000 to March 2001. From 1997 until 2000, Mr. Amelio was President of AlliedSignal Inc.’s turbo charging
systems business and President and Chief Executive Officer of Honeywell International Inc.’s transportation and power-systems
divisions after the merger of AlliedSignal and Honeywell. He also spent 18 years from 1979 to 1997 with IBM and held a variety of
senior management positions, including as General Manager of Worldwide Operations for IBM’s personal computing business. He
holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Lehigh University and a Master’s degree in Management from Stanford
University.
Non-executive directors
Mr. Liu Chuanzhi, 64, was re-designated as a non-executive director of the Company on April 30, 2005 when he ceased to be the
Chairman of the Board. Mr. Liu is the leading founder of Lenovo Group. He had been the Chairman of the Board and an executive
director of the Company from February 8, 1994 and November 8, 1993 respectively. He has more than 37 years of experience in
the computer industry. He graduated from the Department of Radar Communications at Xian Military Communications Engineering
College of China in 1966. Mr. Liu is also a director of Legend Holdings Limited, the controlling shareholder of the Company.
Mr. Zhu Linan, 45, 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 also a director of Legend Holdings Limited, the controlling shareholder of
the Company.
Ms. Ma Xuezheng, 55, has been re-designated as a non-executive Vice Chairman of the Company on May 23, 2007. She had
been 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 29 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 managing director of
TPG Capital, an equity investment firm having a substantial interest in the convertible preferred shares of the Company. She is a
director of Shenzhen Development Bank (listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange) and also an independent non-executive director
of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited.
Mr. James G. Coulter, 49, has been a non-executive director of the Company since May 17, 2005. Mr. Coulter is a founding partner
of TPG (an equity investment firm having a substantial interest in the convertible preferred shares of the Company) in 1992. From
1986 to 1992, Mr. Coulter was a Vice President of the Robert M. Bass Group, Inc. (now doing business as Keystone, Inc.). From 1986
to 1988, Mr. Coulter was also associated with SPO Partners, an investment firm that focuses on public market and private minority
investments. Mr. Coulter also serves on the Board of Directors of Alltel, Inc., The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc., Zhone Technologies,
Inc. (NASDAQ listed) and J Crew Group, Inc. (NYSE listed).
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