Recruiting in China

BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese computer giant Lenovo announced Thursday the recruitment of a fourth former executive of Dell, the world's largest personal computer maker, in just eight days.

Christopher J. Askew, former vice president of Dell, joined Lenovo as senior vice president in charge of the service department.

Before joining in Lenovo, Askew has been in charge of Dell's service in Asia-Pacific region and Japan.

Lenovo said on Aug. 17 that former president of Dell China David Miller had joined as president of its Asia Pacific operations. Miller, also senior vice president of Lenovo, will be based in Singapore.

The company has also named Sotaro Amanoas president of Lenovo Japan. Amanoas was formerly corporate director of Dell's home and business sales division in Japan.

On Aug. 21, the Chinese company announced former Dell senior vice president David Schmoock had joined as senior vice president in charge of a new center of excellence on market evaluation and strategy.

Before taking the position, David Schmoock was in charge of Dell's marketing in Asia-Pacific and Japan.

The participation of the four senior executives is considered a strong move by Lenovo CEO William Amelio to strengthen the company's business in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Lenovo appointed Amelio as CEO to replace Stephen Ward last December, the latter being in the position for only eight months.

Lenovo announced in the first half its sales reached 3.5 billion U.S. dollars, up 38 percent from the same period of last year.

The company's year-on-year sale growth of personal computers is 12 percent, with the sales in the Asia-Pacific region, excluding China, up 3 percent, in America up six percent and in Europe, the Middle East and Africa down 12 percent.

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