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144 Lenovo Group Limited 2015/16 Annual Report
DIRECTORS’ REPORT
BIOGRAPHY OF DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT (continued)
Biography of senior management (continued)
Mr. Aymar de Lencquesaing, 57, joined the Group in 2013 and is currently the Senior Vice President of the Company,
Co-President of the Mobile Business Group and the Chairman and President of Motorola. In this capacity, Mr. de
Lencquesaing co-leads Lenovo’s mobile business, including R&D, product, supply chain and the Asia Pacific, North
America, Latin America and EMEA geographies.
Prior to that, Mr. de Lencquesaing was the president of North America geography, responsible for sales, daily
operations, growth and profitability of the region – encompassing the United States and Canada, and led the region
to achieve record PC market share. Before taking up the North America geography, he was president of the EMEA
geography. Under his leadership, EMEA reached record market share and profitability across a diverse region including
more than 120 countries, supported by 50 offices. Before joining the Group, Mr. de Lencquesaing held numerous
global leadership roles with companies in both the US and Europe including corporate vice president of Capgemini,
Senior Vice President of Acer and President and CEO of Packard-Bell. Mr. de Lencquesaing graduated from the ESSEC
business school in France.
Mr. Gerry P. Smith, 53, joined the Group in August, 2006 and is currently the Executive Vice President of the Company
and the President of the Data Center Group, overseeing Lenovo’s expanding enterprise business worldwide. Prior to
that, Mr. Smith was the Executive Vice President and the Chief Operating Officer of the PC and Enterprise Business
Groups. In this capacity, Mr. Smith led Lenovo’s PC and Enterprise Business Groups, including the Global Operations
organization that supports these businesses. Prior to that, Mr. Smith was Senior Vice President of the Company and
President of the Americas Group, Senior Vice President of Global Operations and Senior Vice President of Global
Supply Chain. Before joining the Group, Mr. Smith held a number of leadership roles at Dell, including Vice President and
General Manager of Notebook Development, Peripherals Development and the Display Line of Business. Mr. Smith holds
a bachelor’s degree in finance and marketing from Pacific Lutheran University.
Mr. Wong Wai Ming, 58, is currently the Executive Vice President of the Company and the Chief Financial Officer.
He was previously an investment banker for more than 15 years and also held senior management positions in listed
companies in Hong Kong. He was an independent non-executive director of the Company from March 30, 1999 until
his appointment to the position of Chief Financial Officer in 2007. Mr. Wong is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and holds a bachelor’s
degree in management sciences from the Victoria University of Manchester in the United Kingdom.
DIRECTORS’ SERVICE CONTRACTS
There is no service contract, which is not determinable by the Company within one year without payment of
compensation (other than statutory compensation), in respect of any director proposed for re-election at the AGM.
DIRECTORS’ MATERIAL INTERESTS IN TRANSACTIONS, ARRANGEMENTS OR
CONTRACTS
No other transactions, arrangements or contracts that is significant in relation to the Group’s business to which the
Company, its holding company, any of its subsidiaries or fellow subsidiaries was a party and in which a director of the
Company or his or her connected entities had a material interest, whether directly or indirectly, subsisted at the end of
the year or at any time during the year.
DIRECTORS’ INDEMNITIES AND INSURANCE
As permitted by the articles of association of the Company, a director or a former director of the Company may
be indemnified out of the Company’s assets against any liability incurred by the director to a person other than the
Company or an associated company of the Company that attaches to such director in his or her capacity as a director
of the Company, to the extent permitted by law. Such permitted indemnity provision is in force throughout the year
and up to the date of this report.
The Company has also taken out and maintained directors’ and officers’ liability insurance throughout the year, which
provides appropriate cover for certain legal actions brought against its directors and officers.