Board of Directors

Mr. Yang Yuanqing, 58, 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 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 Taikang Insurance Group Inc.

Non-executive Directors

Mr. Zhu Linan, 60, 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) 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, a company holding substantial interests in the issued shares of the Company. He was a non-executive director of CAR Inc. (delisted from the HKSE on July 8, 2021).

Non-executive Directors

Mr. Zhao John Huan, 60, 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) 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, a company having substantial interests in the issued shares of the Company. He is also the chairman of Hony Capital Limited.

In addition, he currently holds the following positions: non-executive director of China Glass Holdings Limited, the chairman of the board and executive director of Best Food Holding Company Limited, chairman of the board and executive director of Goldstream Investment Limited 金涌投資有限公司 (formerly known as “International Elite Ltd.”) (all HKSE listed), 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).

Mr. Zhao was previously the chairman of the board and non-executive director of Hospital Corporation of China Limited (HKSE listed), a non-executive director of Eros STX Global Corporation (NYSE 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), and Simcere Pharmaceutical Group Limited (HKSE listed).

Independent Non-executive Directors

Mr. William O. Grabe, 85, has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since February 8, 2012 and was appointed as the lead independent director of the Company on May 23, 2013. Before that, he was a non-executive director of the Company since May 17, 2005. Mr. Grabe is currently a director of Gartner Inc. (NYSE listed). He was previously a director of QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (previously listed on NYSE). He formerly served as a managing director and advisory director of General Atlantic LLC and has been associated with General Atlantic Group since 1992. Prior to that, he served as a corporate vice president and officer of IBM.

Independent Non-executive Directors

Mr. William Tudor Brown, 64, has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since 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. He was awarded as Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) on June 15, 2013.

Mr. Brown was one of the founders of ARM Holdings plc (“ARM”) (London Stock Exchange (“LSE”) and NASDAQ listed). During the years with ARM, he held a broad range of leadership positions including engineering director, chief technical officer, executive vice president for global development, chief operating officer and president. He had responsibility for developing high-level relationships with industry partners and governmental agencies and for regional development. He also served as a director of ARM from October 2001 to May 3, 2012. Before joining ARM, he was the principal engineer at Acorn Computers Ltd., working exclusively on the ARM research and development programme since 1984.

Mr. Brown is currently an independent non-executive director of Ceres Power Holdings plc (LSE listed) and Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ listed). He was previously an independent non-executive director of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (HKSE and Shanghai Stock Exchange listed). He also served on the UK Government Asia Task Force until May 2012.

Independent Non-executive Directors

Mr. Yang Chih-Yuan Jerry, 54, has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since November 6, 2014. Prior to that, he was the board observer of the Company since February 20, 2013. He holds a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree of science in electrical engineering from Stanford University, where he served on the Board of Trustees from June 2005 until September 2015 and from October 2017 to the present. Mr. Yang was appointed Chair of the Board of Trustee of Stanford University for a two-year term starting July 1, 2021.

Mr. Yang co-founded Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ listed) and served as its chief executive officer from June 2007 to January 2009. He also served as a member of the board of directors of Yahoo! Inc. until January 17, 2012. During such appointment, Mr. Yang focused on corporate strategy and technology vision. Mr. Yang was also instrumental in building strategic business partnerships, international joint ventures and recruiting key talent.

Mr. Yang is currently an independent director of Workday Inc. (NASDAQ listed) and Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE and HKSE listed).

Independent Non-executive Directors

Mr. Gordon Robert Halyburton Orr, 60, 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 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, Meituan (formerly known as “Meituan Dianping”) (both HKSE listed) and Sondrel (Holdings) plc (LSE listed), a non-executive director of Fidelity China Special Situations PLC (LSE listed). He is also the chairman of the audit committee and member of corporate governance committee of Meituan. Mr. Orr currently is a board member of EQT AB (listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm). He is also a vice chairman of the China-Britain Business Council.

Independent Non-executive Directors

Mr. John Lawson Thornton, 69, has been the executive chairman of Barrick Gold Corporation (Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange listed) since April 2014 and the non-executive chairman of PineBridge Investments, a global asset manager, since December 2014. He has also been a director of Ford Motor Company (New York Stock Exchange listed) since March 1996, and currently its lead director, a director of AltC Acquisition Corp. (New York Stock Exchange listed) since July 2021, a director of Divergent Technologies Inc., a digital production system company, since April 2022, and currently its lead director, and a director of SparkCognition, Inc., an industrial artificial intelligence company, since December 2018, and currently its lead director. Mr. Thornton is a professor and director of the Global Leadership Program, and an advisory board member of the School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University as well as an advisory board member of Tsinghua University’s School of Public Policy and Management. Mr. Thornton is Chairman Emeritus of the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., co-chairman of the Asia Society, and a trustee, advisory board member and member of, China Investment Corporation, 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 has extensive experience in merger and acquisition execution, capital allocation and financial management, international business and global partnerships, talent development and allocation and partnership culture, risk management and government and regulatory affairs and community relations.

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. Woo Chin Wan Raymond, 68, 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 Canadian Chartered Accountant and a Hong Kong Certified Public Accountant. He obtained his master’s degree in Business Administration from York University (Canada) in 1982. Mr. Woo is currently an independent non-executive director of Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. (HKSE listed).

Independent Non-executive Directors

Ms. Yang Lan, 55, 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 approximately 30 years’ experience in the industry. She is the co-founder and chairperson of Sun Media Group and Sun Culture Foundation. Sun Media Group is a private media group in China with businesses ranging from production of high-quality programmes and integrated marketing in film & television, education, women’s community, publishing and location-based entertainment and sports across Mainland China, Hong Kong S.A.R. of China and the United States, while Sun Culture Foundation is a non-profit organization aiming to improve education and promote philanthropy. 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”) in Phoenix Television. Ms. Yang has in-depth researches, delivered documentary series and published a book on Artificial Intelligence (AI). She is currently a global ambassador and international board member for the Special Olympics Movement, a member of Lincoln Center President’s Council, and the vice-president and standing board member of China Charity Alliance. 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. Ms. Yang was ranked among The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes.

Independent Non-executive Directors

Ms. Cher Wang Hsiueh Hong, 64, was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company on 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 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 is a multinational electronics innovation company developing products, solutions and platforms in mobile and immersive technologies and supplying worldwide. 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 founded, was the 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 and VIA Labs, Inc. 威鋒電子股份有限公司 (representing VIA Technologies, Inc.) (all Taiwan Stock Exchange listed).

Independent Non-executive Directors

Professor Xue Lan, 63, was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company on June 20, 2022. Prof. Xue is currently a professor at Tsinghua University, 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.