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DIRECTORS’ REPORT
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Biography of Directors and Senior Management (continued)
Biography of directors (continued)
Independent non-executive directors (continued)
Mr. Nicholas C. Allen, 58, 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), an independent non-executive director of VinaLand Limited (London Stock Exchange AIM listed) and
Texon International Group Limited.
Mr. Nobuyuki Idei, 75, has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since 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. He was
also the chairman of Sony’s advisory board from June 2005 to June 2012. 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). 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, 75, has been re-designated as an independent non-executive director of the Company since February 8,
2012. He was appointed as the lead independent director of the Company on May 23, 2013. 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 LLC 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).
Mr. William Tudor Brown, 54, has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company on January 30,
2013. Mr. Brown is a Chartered Engineer and holds an MA (Cantab) Degree in Electrical Sciences from Cambridge University. He is
a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Mr. Brown was one of
the founders of ARM Holdings plc (London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ listed). In ARM Holdings plc, he served as an engineering
director from 1993 and chief technical officer from 1997 to October 2000, executive vice president for global development from
October 2000 to October 2001, and chief operating officer from October 2001 to July 2008. He had responsibility for developing
high-level relationships with industry partners and governmental agencies and for regional development. He served as a director
at ARM Holdings plc from October 2001 to May 3, 2012 and became president of ARM Holdings plc in July 2008. He also served
as director of ARM Ltd. since 1993. Before joining ARM Holdings plc, he was principal engineer at Acorn Computers Ltd., working
exclusively on the ARM research & development programme since 1984.
Mr. Brown was a non-executive director and a senior independent director of ANT plc (London Stock Exchange listed) until his
retirement from these positions in February 2013. He served on the UK Government Asia Task Force until May 2012. He also sits
on the advisory board of Annapurna Labs.
Biography of senior management
(in alphabetical order of surname)
Mr. He Zhiqiang, 50, joined the Group in 1986 and is the Senior Vice President of the Company and Chief Technology Officer
with responsibility for technology strategy, research & technology systems and technology exploration of emerging areas. Prior to
that, Mr. He held various leadership positions in Lenovo particularly in overseeing Lenovo’s research & technology 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.
Dr. Peter D. Hortensius, 52, joined the Group in May 2005 and is currently the Senior Vice President of the Company and
President of Think Business Group responsible for driving leadership in Lenovo’s core global commercial business, creating a
premium consumer brand across a wide range of products (especially desktop, notebook and tablet), growing Lenovo’s workstation
business, and managing Lenovo’s global enterprise products business. Previously, Dr. Hortensius spent 17 years with IBM. He was
the vice president, Products and Offerings, for IBM’s PC Division prior to joining the Group and has extensive expertise in product
and technology research & development. He holds a Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manitoba.