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2010/11 Annual Report Lenovo Group Limited 63
Biography of Directors and Senior Management (continued)
Biography of directors (continued)
Non-executive directors (continued)
Mr. James G. Coulter, 51, 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. Prior to founding TPG, from 1986 to 1992, Mr. Coulter was a Vice President of the
Robert M. Bass Group, Inc. (now doing business as Keystone Group, L.P.). 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 Boards of Directors of J Crew Group, Inc., IMS Health Inc., Creative Artists Agency and The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc..
Mr. William O. Grabe, 73, has been 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 the
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).
Dr. Wu Yibing, 43, 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.
Independent non-executive directors
Professor Woo Chia-Wei, 73, 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).
Mr. Ting Lee Sen, 68, 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.
Dr. Tian Suning, 47, 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..
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).