Lenovo promoted John Thornton, who was serving as independent non-executive director, to lead independent director, taking over for William Grabe, who stepped down on Friday after 19 years on the board, the company said in a statement.
Lenovo also appointed independent non-executive director Gordon Orr as the chairman of the compensation committee, and said that Tudor Brown exited the board after serving as independent non-executive director for 12 years.
Wong Waiming, Lenovo’s current CFO and Laura Quatela, chief legal and corporate responsibility officer, will both retire on March 31 this year and join the company’s board as non-executive directors.
Current deputy CFO Winston Cheng will replace Wong as Lenovo’s new CFO from April, and current general counsel for the intelligent devices group David Carroll will become the new chief legal and corporate responsibility officer, according to Lenovo.
The leadership changes come as the company sees positive results from its all-out efforts in AI.
