Lenovo has appointed Qingtong Zhou, the current head of strategy and planning, as the company’s new chief information officer (CIO). Zhou replaces Xiaoyan Wang, who becomes senior vice president of a newly created, yet-to-be-named, centralized services organization.
Lenovo announced that both of the executives will report directly to Lenovo Chairman and CEO, Yang Yuanqing. Ken Wong, formerly vice president and general manager, Asia Pacific Emerging Markets region, has been named vice president, strategy and planning, succeeding Zhou. With Wong’s move, Lenovo’s Asia Pacific Emerging Markets (APEM) region and Asia Pacific Mature Markets (APMM) region will be combined into one organization, headed by Rod Lappin, currently vice president and general manager, Asia Pacific Mature markets.
Combining the APEM and APEM regions will help ensure that the company continues to realize greater synergies of scale, increased operational efficiencies and a portfolio balanced for profitability and growth. Lenovo claims that these leadership changes are expected to accelerate its transformation efforts following the recent acquisitions of Motorola Mobility and IBM’s x86 server business, and the formation of ShenQi, a new company in China established by Lenovo to focus on the mobile devices market. ShenQi will take the lead as Lenovo pursues new opportunities in the rapidly expanding Internet of Things (IoT) arena.