Board Changes At Lenovo: John Thornton Appointed Lead Independent Director; Gordon Orr To Head Compensation Committee

Lenovo Group Limited has announced several management changes, with John Thornton, an Independent Non-Executive Director, having been appointed as Lead Independent Director with immediate effect.

Independent Non-Executive Director Gordon Orr has been named Chairman of the Compensation Committee.

These appointments follow the resignations of William (Bill) Grabe and Tudor Brown as Independent Non-Executive Directors, effective February 21, 2025. Their resignations align with Lenovo’s corporate governance policies and Hong Kong Stock Exchange guidelines on INED tenure.

Furthermore, the company has also announced that Chief Financial Officer WaiMing Wong will join the Board and serve as a member of the Audit Committee. Chief Legal and Corporate Responsibility Officer Laura Quatela will join the Board and serve as a member of the Nomination and Governance Committee. Both changes are effective April 1, 2025, following their retirement from management roles at the end of the fiscal year on March 31, 2025.

They will be succeeded by Winston Cheng as Chief Financial Officer, currently serving as Senior VP and Deputy CFO, who joined Lenovo in April 2024, and David Carroll as Chief Legal and Corporate Responsibility Officer, currently VP and General Counsel for the Intelligent Devices Group and Group Operations, having joined Lenovo through the Motorola acquisition in 2014.