Lenovo Announces Management Changes



    Lenovo Group today announced two management changes.
    Liu Jun, who has led Lenovo's global supply chain for the past
    year, has elected to take a one-year sabbatical from Lenovo to pursue
    advanced executive studies. "Lenovo has recently launched new programs
    to identify, train and accelerate career paths for Lenovo's leaders,"
    said William J. Amelio, Lenovo's chief executive officer. "One early
    outcome of this process is Jun's request to pursue his studies. We
    applaud his desire to improve his skills and equip himself for the
    future. There is no better way to demonstrate our commitment executive
    development than by investing in leadership and in our people."
    "Jun has helped Lenovo optimize processes and execute an action
    plan for improvements. Key among his accomplishments are establishing
    and executing an ambitious Lenovo supply-chain re-engineering plan,
    and making progress in supply-chain network optimization and
    supply/demand planning synchronization," said Mr. Amelio.
    Prior to his position as senior vice president, Global Supply
    Chain, Mr. Liu, 37, was senior vice president and chief operating
    officer of Lenovo China, with responsibility for corporate planning
    and operations. Mr. Liu was the architect of the company's PC
    supply-chain model. He also held a broad range of leadership positions
    in research and development, corporate strategy, the Desktop PC
    business unit, the Consumer IT business unit, and Integrated Supply
    Chain. He joined Lenovo in 1993.
    Lenovo also announced that Gerry P. Smith, 43, has been appointed
    senior vice president, Global Supply Chain, effective immediately. Mr.
    Smith will report directly to Mr. Amelio and will be based in
    Singapore.
    "Gerry is a seasoned executive in PC and peripherals supply-chain
    management, with a solid track record delivering in the areas that
    Lenovo is currently targeting for improvements, particularly
    serviceability and cost reductions," said Mr. Amelio. "He is a
    hard-charging, performance-oriented leader, with strong supply-base
    and general management experience and a wide network of personal
    connections with many leading suppliers that will be a great asset to
    Lenovo."
    Mr. Smith most recently served as a vice president running Dell's
    Singapore Design Center and its displays business unit. He joined Dell
    in 1994 and prior to his last post, Mr. Smith's assignments with Dell
    included oversight of design and procurement for Dell's peripherals
    business and its notebook business, development for the peripherals
    engineering team, and various marketing and supply-base management
    functions for storage and peripherals. Before joining Dell, Mr. Smith
    ran sales, marketing and operations for Definicon, a producer of
    coprocessor boards; he began his career as a financial analyst with
    EDS.
    "Lenovo's senior management team has been world-class from the
    start. Today, I believe Lenovo has the most exceptional roster of
    talent in our industry," said Mr. Amelio. "Moving forward, our entire
    team will be able to drive even faster toward the ambitious goals we
    have set for ourselves."

    About Lenovo Group Ltd.

    Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is dedicated to building the
    world's best-engineered personal computers. Lenovo's business model is
    built on innovation, operational efficiency and customer satisfaction
    as well as a focus on investment in emerging markets. Formed by Lenovo
    Group's acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the
    company develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high-quality,
    secure, and easy-to-use technology products and services worldwide.
    Lenovo has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai
    and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina. For more
    information, see www.lenovo.com.