Lenovo has started a major reorganisation process, realigning divisions and shuffling executives. The company said the moves, which include losing Motorola Mobility head Rick Osterloh, will drive stronger innovation, make more customer-centric products and experiences and grow faster. All changes will become effective on 1 April.
The company will realign its PC Group (PCG), which will become Lenovo’s PC & Smart Device Business Group, responsible for delivering PCs, detatchables, tablets, phablets, gaming and smart home products across Windows, Chrome and Android based products. The change will fuel Lenovo’s ability to continue to grow share in the consolidating PC market, while focusing on the rapidly emerging smart device market. The new PC & Smart Device Business Group will be led by Lenovo group president and COO Gianfranco Lanci, who will continue to report to Lenovo’s CEO. Lenovo’s geographic sales and global operations organizations will continue to report to Lanci.
Lenovo’s Enterprise Business Group will become the Data Center Group (DCG), focused on this high-growth, high-potential market. As an end-to-end business within Lenovo, DCG will be empowered to move faster and more freely. The idea is for the new DCG to be a nimble and disruptive competitor, accelerating its open, partnership-focused approach with traditional, hyperscale and hyperconverged customers. Gerry Smith will be president of the new Lenovo Data Center Group and now report to Lenovo’s CEO. Peter Hortensius, currently Lenovo Group’s CTO, will join DCG as both CTO and head of strategy. Hortensius will also continue acting as Lenovo’s global CTO as the company continues its search for a successor. Qingtong Zhou will join DCG as CFO, while remaining Lenovo’s global CIO.
At Lenovo’s Mobile Business Group, Xudong Chen and Aymar de Lencquesaing will become co-presidents, reporting to Yuanqing Yang. Lenovia said the group has unique advantages and strong possibilities. Chen will focus on the China mobile business, while de Lencquesaing, formerly head of Lenovo North America, will put his attention to emerging and mature markets worldwide.
Motorola chief Rick Osterloh, meanwhile, will be leaving. Motorola Mobility teams that currently report to him will now report under de Lencquesaing, who will become president of Motorola.
George He, formerly head of ECS, will take lead of Lenovo’s new Ecosystem and Cloud Services (ECS) Group, restructured into the Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group. He will focus on developing new, innovative technologies through Lenovo spinoffs or investments in standalone startups, while continuing to develop Lenovo’s overall cloud and big data platform. Because Lenovo must continue to differentiate through a “device + cloud” strategy, the product-related personal cloud services functions of ECS will be moved into the business groups delivering end to end customer experiences in their own product and service areas.
