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2011/12 Annual Report Lenovo Group Limited 89
Biography of Directors and Senior Management
Honorary Chairman
Mr. Liu Chuanzhi, 68, has been appointed as the Honorary Chairman and a Senior Advisor of the Company on November 3,
2011. Mr. Liu is the founder of the Group and held the positions of executive director, non-executive director and Chairman of the
Board at different times from 1993 until his resignation from the Board on November 3, 2011. As the Honorary Chairman, Mr. Liu
is not a director or an officer of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, and does not have any management role in the
Company or any of its subsidiaries. He graduated from the Department of Radar Communications at Xian Military Communications
Engineering College of China and has substantial experience in corporate management. Mr. Liu is the chairman and president of
Legend Holdings Limited, the controlling shareholder of the Company.
Biography of directors
Chairman and executive director
Mr. Yang Yuanqing, 47, 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.
Non-executive directors
Mr. Zhu Linan, 49, 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).
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 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.
Dr. Wu Yibing, 44, 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 non-
executive 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.
Mr. Zhao John Huan, 49, 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.