Management

Liu Chuanzhi is chairman of the board of Lenovo Group Limited. Mr. Liu returned to the position of chairman in 2009 after previously holding that role from the company’s founding in 1984 until Lenovo’s merger with the IBM Personal Computer Division in 2005. Under Mr. Liu’s leadership, Lenovo – originally known as Legend – rose from a small start-up to become the leading PC company in China and then a global company.

Mr. Liu has been named one of the “Twenty-Five Most Influential Worldwide Business Leaders” by Time magazine, one of the “Best Asian Business Leaders” by Forbes, and one of the “Stars of Asia” by BusinessWeek.

Yang Yuanqing is the chief executive officer of Lenovo, returning to this role in 2009 having held the job from 2001-2005. In between terms as CEO, he served as chairman of the board of Lenovo Group Limited. Mr. Yang joined Lenovo in 1989. Under his leadership, Lenovo has been China's best-selling PC brand since 1997. In 1999, Lenovo ranked as first in PC sales in Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan) and has maintained this position ever since.

Mr. Yang has been named “Asian Businessman of the Year,” Forbes Asia. He also was named as one of the “Stars of Asia” by BusinessWeek magazine and has been selected by the Chinese media as one of China's "Ten Star Entrepreneurs" and "Ten Most Valuable Managers." He was also named by CCTV as a "Man of the Year" in 2004. He 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 member of the National Youth Association Committee, director of China's Entrepreneurs’ Association, a guest professor at the University of Science and Technology of China, and a member of the New York Stock Exchange's International Advisory Committee.

Rory Read is president and chief operating officer of Lenovo Group Limited. Mr. Read is responsible for driving growth, execution, profitability and performance across a global $16 billion enterprise encompasing 160+ countries. Mr. Read is also acting President of Americas Group, ANZ and Japan, driving more than $4B in business across all sectors, including global accounts, large enterprises, SMB and consumer.

Mr. Read has a proven track record for leading substantial business turnarounds and driving gains in share and profitability. Under his leadership in 2007, he led the Lenovo America’s group to a $140M improvement in profit and 14% revenue growth in one year. Before joining Lenovo, Mr. Read had a successful 23-year career at IBM, where he held numerous key executive positions. Most recently he was managing partner for the Global Industrial Sector of Business Consulting Services. Mr. Read also served as executive of Global Business Transformation and Information Technology for IBM’s $45 billion Global Services business. He was vice president, IBM eBusiness Transformation, IBM.com, where he led a business team that produced more than $1 billion in company-wide savings and $21 billion in sales. Prior to that, Mr. Read worked in IBM’s Asia Pacific region as general manager, Business Innovation Services for Asia Pacific. Mr. Read graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in Information Systems from Hartwick College.

Deepak Advani is a senior vice president. Previously, he was senior vice president E-Commerce, and chief marketing officer of Lenovo. Before joining Lenovo, he was the vice president of marketing for IBM’s Personal Computing Division.

Mr. Advani has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Michigan State University and a master’s degree in Computer Engineering from Wright State University, as well as an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is on the advisory board at Michigan State University. He has lectured at several universities on the topics of business strategy, brand management, and personal leadership.

Christopher J. Askew is senior vice president, Lenovo Services. Before joining Lenovo, Mr. Askew was at Dell Inc., where since 1999 he served as vice president, Dell Services, Asia-Pacific and Japan. In this role he oversaw 2,500 employees across 38 countries and his responsibilities included Services sales and marketing, Professional Services, Managed Services, Field Service delivery and logistics, and Technical Support. During his leadership, revenue grew from $60 million to $1 billion.

From 1998 to 1999, Mr. Askew worked at Compaq Computer, where he served from as vice president and general manager, Compaq Customer Services. Before that he served as director, Compaq Customer Services, for Asia-Pacific and Japan after Compaq acquired Tandem Computers.

From 1980 to 1988, Mr. Askew worked at the Bank of England. There he served in a wide range of assignments culminating with shift manager, operations.

Kenneth DiPietro is senior vice president, Human Resources. Mr. DiPietro brings more than 25 years of experience to Lenovo in both human resources and organizational development. Prior to joining Lenovo, he served as a full-time HR consultant to the Lenovo executive staff. Most recently, he served as the corporate vice president, Human Resources, at Microsoft Corporation. In that role, he was responsible for developing strategies and programs to enhance staffing, compensation, benefits, executive development, diversity, and workplace culture for Microsoft worldwide.

Before joining Microsoft in 2003, Mr. DiPietro was vice president of human resources for the Americas at Dell Inc., where he was responsible for all people planning, compensation, staffing, training and executive development. Among his many accomplishments at Dell, he led their efforts to more closely align the company’s HR organization with its business goals and helped transform Dell’s approach to leadership development and talent management. As senior vice president for human resources at PepsiCo, Mr. DiPietro was responsible for an organization that spanned more than 160 countries across 10 business units. While at PepsiCo, he architected and led a business restructuring effort that provided a platform for business turnaround. His responsibilities at PepsiCo encompassed many different functions, including international compensation and benefits, staffing, education and development, and organization planning.

Mr. DiPietro holds a bachelor’'s of science degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. He is a member of the Center for Advanced Human Resources at Cornell and the Labor Policy Association, is active in various programs directed toward at-risk youth and is an avid cyclist and tri-athlete.

Cuong Viet Do is chief strategy officer of Lenovo. Mr. Do joined Lenovo after 17 years at McKinsey & Company, where he was Director and senior partner. During his tenure at McKinsey, he consulted with leading companies in 18 countries and four continents on issues involving strategy, sales and marketing, operations, and corporate finance. At McKinsey, he was a leader in the Corporate Finance and High Tech Practices, a role in which he was involved in dozens of international transactions valued at greater than $30 billion. He also has extensive experience in helping companies improve business performance through improvements in operational efficiency, sales and marketing, divestitures and acquisitions. Mr. Do also helped build McKinsey’s Marketing and Healthcare practices during the earlier stages of his career.

Mr. Do has a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and Economics from Dartmouth College and a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business Administration, where he now serves on the MBA Board. He also serves on the boards of several non-profit groups, including Celebrate the Children, a school for autistic children, and the National Youth Science Foundation.

Milko Van Duijl is president, Lenovo Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and senior vice-president, Lenovo Group. Previous to this, starting in May 2005, he held the position of the general manager, Lenovo Europe, Middle East, Africa. Mr. Van Duijl held the previous role of vice president, IBM Personal Computing Division EMEA from August 2003 to May 1, 2005. Under his leadership, IBM PCD EMEA achieved a significant turnaround, increased share in its markets and drove profitable growth.

As a result of 16 years in IBM, Milko Van Duijl developed diverse expertise across many areas of the Technology Business, and especially in the software and hardware markets. He fulfilled many roles in multiple geographies and in 1998 transferred to the IBM European Headquarters in Paris where he led one of IBM's software brands for EMEA as vice president for Tivoli EMEA. Mr. Van Duijl’s career began in the Netherlands in 1989, as a European sales representative for Philips Electronics, Europe before being appointed as the Software Group executive for the Netherlands. Prior to IBM, Mr. Van Duijl was employed by Andersen Consulting and held positions in London, Chicago and Amsterdam. Mr. Van Duijl holds a doctorandus title / MBA from the University of Rotterdam, a BBA from the University of Nijenrode, is fluent in Dutch and English and proficient in French and German. He currently resides in Paris.

Liu Jun is president of the Consumer Business Group and senior vice president of Lenovo Group. In this role, he is responsible for all aspects of Lenovo Consumer business, including sales, marketing and operations. Previously, Mr. Liu served as senior vice president, Global Supply Chain, where he had responsibility for global procurement, logistics, fulfillment and sales support, supply planning, strategy and manufacturing operations. Before that, he was senior vice president and chief operating officer of Lenovo China, with responsibility for profit/loss and all aspects of the business. Mr. Liu also was the architect of the company's PC supply chain model. He also held a broad range of leadership positions including leader of the Consumer business in China, research and development, corporate strategy, the Desktop PC business unit, and Integrated Supply Chain, giving him extensive experience in IT operations, research, development and marketing.

Mr. Liu holds a bachelor of science degree in Automation and an EMBA master's degree, both from Tsinghua University. He also completed executive study programs at Harvard University and Stanford University.

Michael O'Neill is senior vice president and general counsel, and has worldwide oversight for the company's legal, corporate governance, security and government relations activities. Prior to joining Lenovo, Mr. O'Neill was a partner at Howrey LLP, where he led the firm's international business and opened its Brussels office.

Mr. O'Neill worked at Honeywell for 16 years in variety of roles, culminating as vice president and general counsel for Transportation and Power Systems. Before that he served as vice president and general counsel for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Earlier roles included serving as vice president and associate general counsel for Corporate and Human Resources and assistant general for Government Business and Technology Centers. In addition to his legal roles, he served as vice president of Global Contract Management for 10 years. Prior to joining Honeywell, he served as in-house counsel at Westinghouse at the Defense & Electronics Center.

Mr. O'Neill holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Belmont Abbey College, both a law degree and an MBA from the University of Baltimore, and a master's degree in Government Contracting from George Washington University. He also has served on various boards, most recently that of TRW International.

Frances K. (Fran) O’Sullivan is senior vice president, Product Group, Lenovo, with worldwide responsibility for all Think-branded desktops, notebooks, workstations, displays, peripherals and software. Additional responsibilities include being the North Carolina Senior Site Executive for Lenovo and the Lenovo Corporate Sustainability Executive. Previously, she served as senior vice president and COO of Lenovo International and prior to that she was general manager of IBM’s Personal Computer Division.

Ms. O’Sullivan was with IBM for 24 years, the last 21 of them in the personal computer business. She began her career with IBM with an assignment to NASA’s Space Shuttle Program at Cape Kennedy, Florida. She then transferred to IBM’s PC Division and gained engineering and management expertise in development, manufacturing, procurement, and business operations. Her long association with the PC Division includes general management of ThinkPad worldwide business unit, vice president of ThinkPad worldwide development and consumer desktop development.

Ms. O’Sullivan graduated from the University of Virginia with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and serves on the University of Virginia Engineering Industry Advisory Board. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the North Carolina Technology Association, the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce and North Carolina Coastal Pines Girl Scouts.

David Schmoock is senior vice president and chief information officer of Lenovo. He is responsible for the company's information technology strategy and operations, including network infrastructure, business applications and data security. Prior to this role, Mr. Schmoock oversaw the Center of Excellence for Lenovo, an organizational hub that manages critical business and customer activities including supply/demand forecasting, pricing, sales and product mix strategies, and inventory management in each region.

Before joining Lenovo, Mr. Schmoock was at Dell Inc. since 1997, where he served most recently as vice president of marketing for Asia-Pacific/Japan. In this role he oversaw the marketing, sales and support staff of 450 that helped Dell increase market share in notebooks, desktops and servers over three years. Prior to that, Mr. Schmoock was director of the Americas Center of Competency where he helped develop go-to-market strategies that contributed to market leadership in notebooks, servers and desktops. /p>

From 1988 to 1996, Mr. Schmoock worked at Xerox Corporation. There he served in a wide range of assignments including pricing, sales strategy and market analysis.

Mr. Schmoock holds a bachelor of arts degree in Political Science from Columbia University. He also served in the United States Army.

Michael Sievert joined Lenovo in 2009 as SVP and chief marketing officer. Previously, he founded and led Switchbox Labs, Inc., a company focused on improving the way people consume Internet-based media in their homes. In January, 2009 Switchbox Labs was acquired by Lenovo. From February 2005 to February 2008, he was Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, Inc, responsible for global marketing and related general-management functions for the Windows business. There, Sievert and his team managed the $16 Billion Windows business and led Windows to record-breaking growth.

Prior to joining Microsoft in early 2005, Sievert was twice named by Advertising Age as one of the 25 most influential marketers in the United States, during his tenure as executive vice president and Chief Marketing Officer at AT&T Wireless from 2002 to 2005. At AT&T, Sievert and his team developed the first version of the “Signal Bars” advertising campaign that later evolved to become the leading campaign in the wireless industry for several years, helping to drive industry-leading growth. During his tenure, AT&T outpaced key competitors in revenue growth, moving from third place to become the second-largest U.S. carrier.

Sievert also served as executive vice president and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer (and related roles) at E*TRADE Financial (1998-2001). He started his career in brand management at Procter & Gamble and IBM, after graduating magna cum laud from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1991.

Chen Shaopeng is president of Lenovo Greater China and senior vice president of Lenovo Group. In this role, he is responsible for marketing, sales, services and operations throughout China.

Since he joined Lenovo Group in 1993, Mr. Chen has advanced through numerous leadership positions in sales, marketing and channel management, and has consistently achieved outstanding results.

As Lenovo Group's vice president of Marketing Systems, Mr. Chen effectively planned and implemented customer oriented marketing models and strategic structural reforms. He divided the original seven large regions into 18 smaller regions, and cemented front line command and management of regional marketing. These reforms greatly enhanced Lenovo’s ability to provide dedicated service to customers and align products and services to meet customer needs.

As Lenovo Group's vice president of Lenovo China Sales Systems, Mr. Chen successfully launched a new integrated distribution strategy, upgraded the channel system, developed Lenovo’s core competitiveness, and drove record growth for the company.

Mr. Chen graduated in 1992 from Beijing Technology and Business University with a bachelor of Engineering in Computer and Applications. In 2004, he received an EMBA from Tsinghua University.

Gerry P. Smith is senior vice president, Global Supply Chain, of Lenovo. He oversees the company’s global procurement, logistics, fulfillment and sales support, supply planning, strategy and manufacturing operations. Before joining Lenovo, Mr. Smith was at Dell Inc. since 1994, where he served most recently as vice president and general manager of the Display Line of Business. In that role he was responsible for all development, procurement and operations worldwide for this unit with $8 billion annual revenue. Concurrently, he led the startup of the Singapore Design Centre and managed its integrated global supply chain. Prior to that, he was vice president of the Worldwide Peripherals Development and Procurement Group, where he helped define and operate the company’s industry-leading global supply chain. Before that he served numerous management assignments, including: vice president and general manager of the Inspiron notebook division, where he led the marketing, design, operations and procurement for consumer notebooks; director of Peripheral Development; director of Storage Procurement; and numerous marketing assignments.

From 1987 to 1993, Mr. Smith worked at Definicon, where he managed sales, marketing, procurement and operations of this technology start-up. Prior to Definicon, Mr. Smith worked as a financial analyst with EDS. Mr. Smith holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Marketing from Pacific Lutheran University.

Wong Wai Ming is senior vice president and chief financial officer of Lenovo. Prior to his current role, Mr. Wong was an independent non-executive director of the company since 1999. He has more than 15 years of experience in investment banking and was a member of the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, Limited.

Mr. Wong holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Sciences from the Victoria University of Manchester, U.K. He is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

He Zhiqiang (George) is senior vice president and chief technology officer. He is responsible for corporate research and development systems and product chain (research and development) management and oversees the company's research centers in Beijing, China; Raleigh, North Carolina; and Yamato, Japan. Previously, Mr. He was senior vice president, Research and Technology, and the managing director of Lenovo's corporate Research and Development, during which he made significant contributions to Lenovo's R&D initiatives and systems. He joined Lenovo in 1986 after graduating from the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences with a master's degree in Computer Science.