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DIRECTORS’ REPORT
Biography of Directors and Senior Management (continued)
Biography of directors (continued)
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. He is also 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, 69, 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.
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..
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).
Mr. Nobuyuki Idei, 74, 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. 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 Sony’s advisory board 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.
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.
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).
Biography of senior management
(in alphabetical order of surname)
Mr. He Zhiqiang, 49, joined the Group in 1986 and is the Senior Vice President of the Company and Chief Technology Officer
with responsibility for technology strategy, R&D systems and technology exploration of emerging areas. Prior to that, Mr. He held
various leadership positions in Lenovo particularly in overseeing Lenovo’s R&D initiatives and systems. Mr. He holds a Bachelor’s
degree in Computer Communication from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications and a Master’s degree in Computer
Engineering from the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.