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2014/15 Annual Report Lenovo Group Limited
DIRECTORS’ REPORT
BIOGRAPHY OF DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT (continued)
Biography of directors
Chairman and executive director
Mr. Yang Yuanqing, 50, is the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and an executive director of the Company. He is
also a director and a shareholder of Sureinvest Holdings Limited which holds interests in the issued shares 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.
Mr. Yang has more than 27 years of experience in the field of computers. Under his leadership, Lenovo has been China’s best-
selling PC brand since 1997 and is currently the world’s No. 1 PC vendor and the third-largest company in smartphone, tablet and
x86 server markets. 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; a member of the
New York Stock Exchange’s International Advisory Committee and a member of the International Advisory Council of Brookings
Institute.
Non-executive directors
Mr. Zhu Linan, 52, 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 previously a senior vice president of the Group. Mr. Zhu is currently a director and president and member of executive
committee of Legend Holdings Corporation, a company holding substantial interests in issued shares of the Company and he
also serve as director of its various members. He is a non-executive director of CAR Inc. (HKSE listed). He was previously 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).
Mr. Zhao John Huan, 52, has been a non-executive director of the Company since 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 an executive director, executive vice president and member of executive committee of Legend Holdings Corporation, a
company having substantial interests in the issued shares of the Company and the president of Hony Capital Limited.
Besides, he currently holds the following directorship; an executive director of CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Limited and non-
executive director and the chairman of China Glass Holdings Limited (all HKSE listed) and the deputy chairman of Shanghai
Chengtou Holding Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Stock Exchange listed) and a director of Simcere Pharmaceutical Group (formerly listed on
NYSE).
Mr. Zhao was previously a director of Jiangsu Phoenix Publishing & Media Corporation Limited (Shanghai Stock Exchange listed),
an independent director of Fiat Industrial S.P.A. (MTA Italian Stock Exchange listed), the non-executive director of Wumart Stores,
Inc., New China Life Insurance Company Ltd. and Chinasoft International Limited (all HKSE listed).
Independent non-executive directors
Mr. Ting Lee Sen, 72, has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since February 27, 2003. Mr. Ting has
extensive knowledge and experience in the IT industry and was previously a corporate vice president of Hewlett-Packard Company,
where he worked for more than 30 years. He holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the Oregon State
University and graduated from the Stanford Executive Program at Stanford University. Mr. Ting is currently the managing partner of
W.R. Hambrecht Venture I and II and an independent board member of NeoPhotonics Corporation (NYSE listed). He was a director
of Microelectronics Technology Inc. (Taiwan Stock Exchange listed) until June 14, 2013.
Dr. Tian Suning, 51, has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since August 2, 2007. He is the founder
and chairman of a Chinese focused private equity fund China Broadband Capital Partners, L.P.. 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 China Jiuhao Health Industry Corporation Limited (HKSE listed). He held various senior positions in China
Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Ltd. (formerly listed on HKSE and NYSE) from 2000 to 2007 and was a vice chairman
of PCCW Ltd. (HKSE listed) between 2005 and 2007. From 1993 till 1999, he was co-founder and chief executive officer of
AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc. (formerly listed on NASDAQ) of which he is now a board member. 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.