Board of Directors

Mr. Yang Yuanqing, 60, 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 of the Company 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 of the Company since December 16, 1997.

Mr. Yang has more than 30 years of experience in the field of ICT industry. Under his leadership, Lenovo has become not only a leading global PC company, but also built diversified growth engines including servers, storage, smartphones, as well as digital and intelligent solutions and services. Mr. Yang holds a Master’s degree from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Science and Technology of China, and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Mr. Yang is currently an independent director of Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ and HKSE listed) and was an independent director of Taikang Insurance Group Inc.

Non-executive Directors

Mr. Zhu Linan, 62, 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 has been re-designated as a non-executive director of Legend Holdings Corporation (HKSE listed), a company holding substantial interests in the issued Shares of the Company, with effect from January 1, 2020 and prior to that, he was executive director, president and member of the executive committee of Legend Holdings Corporation.

Non-executive Directors

Mr. Zhao John Huan, 62, 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 has been re-designated as a non-executive director of Legend Holdings Corporation (HKSE listed), a company holding substantial interests in the issued Shares of the Company, with effect from January 1, 2020 and prior to that, he was an executive director, executive vice president and member of executive committee of Legend Holdings Corporation. He is also the chairman of Hony Capital Limited.

In addition, Mr. Zhao currently holds the following positions: the chairman of the board and executive director of Best Food Holding Company Limited and Goldstream Investment Limited 金涌投資有限公司 (formerly known as “International Elite Ltd.”) and the chairman of the board and non-executive director of Hony Media Group (formerly known as “Huayi Tencent Entertainment Company Limited”) (all HKSE listed).

Mr. Zhao was previously a non-executive director of Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co., Ltd. 中聯重科股份有限公司 (HKSE and Shenzhen Stock Exchange listed), Eros STX Global Corporation (New York Stock Exchange listed), Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels Company Limited 上海錦江國際酒店股份有限公司 (Shanghai Stock Exchange listed), ENN Natural Gas Co., Ltd. 新奧天然氣股份有限公司 (Shanghai Stock Exchange listed), Simcere Pharmaceutical Group Limited, and China Glass Holdings Limited (both HKSE listed).

Non-executive Directors

Mr. Wong Wai Ming, 67, has been a non-executive director of the Company since April 1, 2025. He was an Executive Vice President and the chief financial officer of the Group and retired from the roles with effect from March 31, 2025, after serving the Group as chief financial officer for over 17 years. He was a member of certain internal committees of the Group and a director of certain subsidiaries of the Company prior to the appointment as a non-executive director of the Company. Currently, Mr. Wong is the deputy chairman of the supervisory board of Medion AG (a subsidiary of the Company and delisted from Frankfurt Stock Exchange in January 2025) and a director of Sureinvest Holdings Limited which holds interest in the issued Shares of the Company. Mr. Wong was an independent non-executive director of the Company from March 30, 1999 to May 23, 2007, prior to his appointment as the chief financial officer of the Group on July 15, 2007. Prior to joining the Group, he was an investment banker for more than 15 years and also held various senior management positions in listed companies in Hong Kong, including his appointment as an independent non-executive director of China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited from January 19, 2006 to April 10, 2024. Mr. Wong obtained a bachelor’s degree in management sciences from the Victoria University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. He is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Non-executive Directors

Ms. Laura Green Quatela, 67, has been a non-executive director of the Company since April 1, 2025. She was a Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer (subsequently re-designated as Chief Legal and Corporate Responsibility Officer in January 2023) of the Group since October 2016 and has retired from the roles with effect from March 31, 2025. Ms. Quatela was responsible for the Group’s legal, IP, government relations and ESG (environmental, social and governance) matters globally. She was a member of certain internal committees of the Group and a director of subsidiary(ies) of the Company.

Before joining the Group, Ms. Quatela had a 15-year career with Eastman Kodak Company (“Kodak”) holding a broad range of leadership positions including Chief Intellectual Property Officer, General Counsel, Senior Vice President, Co- Chief Operating Officer and President of the company. She had responsibility for licensing Kodak’s technology, patents and trademarks and leading Kodak’s consumer film, photographic paper, retail photo kiosk, event imaging and OLED businesses. Prior to joining Kodak, Ms. Quatela worked for Clover Capital Management, Inc., SASIB Railway GRS, and Bausch & Lomb. In private law practice, she was a defense litigator specializing in mass tort cases. Ms. Quatela is a graduate of Denison University, B.A., International Politics and Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., where she was inducted into the Society of Benchers. The Financial Times named her among the Top 20 GCs in the World in June 2021. In November 2021, she was inducted into the IP Hall of Fame as a joint winner of IAM’s Inaugural Q. Todd Dickinson Award. She is on the Board of Trustees/Governors of Case Western Reserve University and Genesee Valley Club. Ms. Quatela is conversant in Mandarin.

Independent Non-executive Directors

Mr. Gordon Robert Halyburton Orr, 62, was re-designated as an independent non-executive director of the Company on September 1, 2016. Prior to that, he was a non-executive director of the Company since September 2015. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Engineering Science from Oxford University, United Kingdom and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University.

Mr. Orr joined McKinsey & Company (“McKinsey”) in 1986 and held a broad range of senior positions in McKinsey until his retirement in August 2015. During the years with McKinsey, he was Greater China Managing Partner and subsequently Senior Partner (1999-2015), Managing Partner of McKinsey Asia (2008-2014) and Member of McKinsey’s global Operating Committee (2008-2015). He also served on McKinsey’s Global Shareholder’s Board (2003-2015) and chaired the Governance and Risk Committee.

In the past 20 years, Mr. Orr has served a broad range of clients in Asia, with primary focus on China and technology related sectors across Asia. Mr. Orr is currently an independent non-executive director of Swire Pacific Limited and Meituan (formerly known as “Meituan Dianping”) (both HKSE listed) and a non-executive director of Fidelity China Special Situations PLC (London Stock Exchange listed). He is also the chairman of the audit committee and a member of the corporate governance committee of Meituan. Mr. Orr currently is a board member of EQT AB (listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm). He was previously a vice chairman of the China-Britain Business Council and an independent non-executive director of Sondrel (Holdings) plc (London Stock Exchange listed).

Independent Non-executive Directors

Mr. John Lawson Thornton, 71, was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company on August 18, 2023 and was appointed as the lead independent director of the Company on February 21, 2025. Mr. Thornton is currently the chairman of Barrick Gold Corporation (Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange listed). He is also the lead independent director of Ford Motor Company (New York Stock Exchange listed).

Mr. Thornton is chairman of RedBird Capital Partners, a private investment firm, and non-executive chairman of PineBridge Investments, a global asset manager. Mr. Thornton is also the lead director of both Divergent Technologies Inc., a digital advanced manufacturing company, and Avathon, Inc., an industrial artificial intelligence company.

Mr. Thornton is a professor and director of Tsinghua University’s Global Leadership Program, and an advisory board member of Tsinghua’s School of Economics and Management and its School of Public Policy and Management. Mr. Thornton is co-chair of the Asia Society, chairman emeritus of the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., and is also on the advisory boards or board of trustees of the China Investment Corporation (CIC), China Securities Regulatory Commission, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, McKinsey Advisory Council, Schwarzman Scholars, and the African Leadership Academy.

Mr. Thornton joined Goldman Sachs in 1980 and retired as president and director of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. in 2003. He also previously served as chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia and as co-chief executive of Goldman Sachs International, overseeing the firm’s business in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Mr. Thornton was a director of AltC Acquisition Corp. (currently known as “Oklo Inc.”) (New York Stock Exchange listed).

Mr. Thornton holds a Bachelor of Arts in history from Harvard College, a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in jurisprudence from Oxford University and a Master’s degree in public and private management from the Yale School of Management.

Independent Non-executive Directors

Mr. Kasper Bo Roersted (alias Kasper Bo Rorsted), 63, was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company on February 23, 2024. Mr. Roersted is currently an independent director and a member of the Nomination Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Energy Transition Committee (formerly known as “Environmental, Social and Governance Committee”) of A.P. Møller — Mærsk A/S (Nasdaq Stock Exchange listed), and a member of the Supervisory Board and the Innovation and Finance Committee of Siemens AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange listed).

Mr. Roersted was an executive board member and the Chief Executive Officer of adidas AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange listed), the Chief Executive Officer of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Frankfurt Stock Exchange listed) and a board member of Nestlé S.A. (SIX Swiss Exchange listed) and a senior advisor to the private equity team of KKR & Co. Inc. (New York Stock Exchange listed).

Mr. Roersted holds a Diploma in International Business Studies from the Niels Brock Copenhagen Business College, Denmark and completed a series of executive programs in Harvard Business School, the United States of America.

Independent Non-executive Directors

Mr. Woo Chin Wan Raymond, 70, has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since February 22, 2019. Mr. Woo is a retired partner of Ernst & Young (“EY”). Before his retirement in June 2015, he had held various senior positions with EY in the Greater China area. He was a director and the general manager of EY Hua Ming CPA, a member of EY’s Greater China Leadership Team, and the managing partner of EY’s Greater China Operations. He has more than 30 years of professional experience, specializing in audit, corporate restructuring, IPO, risk management, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Woo is a Hong Kong Certified Public Accountant. He obtained his master’s degree in Business Administration from York University (Canada) in 1982. Mr. Woo was previously an independent non-executive director of Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. (HKSE listed).

Independent Non-executive Directors

Ms. Yang Lan, 57, has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since May 15, 2020. Ms. Yang is currently a broadcast journalist and media entrepreneur with more than 30 years’ experience in the industry. She is the chairperson of Sun Media Group and Sun Future Art Education Foundation. Sun Media Group is a leading media company with synthetic communication and marketing capabilities. Its business spans across media, education, art, tourism, exhibitions, and more. The group is highly regarded in the industry for its high-quality content, women’s empowerment and lifestyle communities, as well as branding services to business and cities. It has played a significant role in facilitating cultural exchanges between China and the world and the promotion of sustainable development. Sun Future Art Education Foundation is a non-profit organization aiming to promote the development of children’s aesthetic education. Ms. Yang obtained her bachelor’s degree in English Language & Literature from Beijing Foreign Studies University, China in 1990 and her master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University, the United States of America in 1996.

Prior to that, she was a creator, executive producer and anchor of talk show series “Yang Lan Studio” (now known as “Yang Lan One on One”) which has become China’s longest-running in-depth talk show with more than 1,200 interviews with movers and shapers around the world. Ms. Yang has in-depth researches, delivered documentary series and published a book on Artificial Intelligence. She is currently a global ambassador and international board member for the Special Olympics Movement. She served as the presenter for Beijing’s bid for both the 2008 Olympic Games and 2022 Olympic Winter Games and the Goodwill Ambassador for 2010 Shanghai Expo. She was the Vice-Chairman of China Charity Alliance from 2013 to 2024. Ms. Yang was ranked among The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes.

Independent Non-executive Directors

Ms. Cher Wang Hsiueh Hong, 66, has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since June 20, 2022. Ms. Wang is the co-founder and chairwoman of HTC Corporation 宏達國際電子股份有限公司 (Taiwan Stock Exchange listed) and has established a number of successful Information & Communication Technology related businesses, with over 40 years’ experience in the industry. Ms. Wang obtained her bachelor’s degree in Political Economy of Industrial Societies at the University of California, Berkeley in 1982.

Ms. Wang co-founded HTC Corporation in 1997, which pioneered the smartphone market and was first to market with key technologies such as the touch interface, Android integration and wireless technologies, and has expanded its vision to include cutting-edge experiences like virtual reality with the HTC VIVE systems, advanced 5G platforms and the VIVERSE immersive internet. Ms. Wang also founded VIA Technologies, Inc. 威盛電子股份有限公司 in 1992 (Taiwan Stock Exchange listed), a leading developer of computing platforms connecting businesses to advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), and computer vision technology for transportation, industrial, smart city, and data center applications. She was chairwoman and is currently a director of VIA Technologies, Inc.. Prior to these, Ms. Wang was the general manager of the PC division at First International Computer, Inc., 大眾電腦股份有限公司 and helped drive the business unit into the lucrative motherboard market.

Ms. Wang is currently a director of Formosa Plastics Corporation 台灣塑膠工業股份有限公司, Xander International Corporation 建達國際股份有限公司, VIA Labs, Inc. 威鋒電子股份有限公司 and VIA Technologies, Inc. 威盛電子股份有限公司 (all Taiwan Stock Exchange listed).

Independent Non-executive Directors

Professor Xue Lan, 65, has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since June 20, 2022. Prof. Xue is currently a professor at Tsinghua University, with teaching and research interests in Public Policy and Management, Science and Technology Policy, Crisis Management and Global Governance. He is the Dean of Schwarzman College and the Dean of Institute for AI International Governance (I-AIIG) of Tsinghua University. He also serves as a director of China Institute for Science and Technology Policy, and a co-director of Global Institute for Sustainable Development Goals at Tsinghua University. He is a co-convener of the Discipline Evaluation Group (Public Administration) of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, a non-resident Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institution, a board member of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Association, and a member of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA).

Prof. Xue is currently an independent non-executive director of SenseTime Group Inc. (HKSE listed) and Neusoft Corporation 東軟集團股份有限公司 (Shanghai Stock Exchange listed). He is serving as the vice chairman of the board of Chinese Association of Science and Science & Technology Policy (the CASSSP) 中國科學學與科技政策研究會, the chair of the National Expert Committee on New Generation of Artificial Intelligence Governance 國家新一代人工智能治理專業委員會 and a member of the Standing Committee of the China Association for Science and Technology.

Prof. Xue obtained his bachelor’s degree in optics and fine mechanics from the Changchun Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics 長春光學精密機械學院 (currently known as Changchun University of Science and Technology 長春理工大學) in January 1982. He obtained a Master of Science degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in December 1987. He further received a master of Science degree and a Ph.D. degree in engineering and public policy from Carnegie Mellon University in May 1989 and December 1991, respectively.