Lenovo South Africa today announced the appointment of Henry Ferreira as new Regional General Manager. Ferreira will assume his position on 1 January 2009, taking over from Rashid Wally, who, after four years as Lenovo's Regional GM, and over 30 years at IBM, will be retiring at the end of April 2009.
Wally and Ferreira will work closely together to ensure that the four-month transition in leadership is a smooth process for staff, customer and partners. Since Lenovo's inception in May 2005, the South Africa region has experienced substantially higher year-on-year growth compared with the average industry standard for the same period. Prior to his leadership role at Lenovo, Wally had held numerous positions at IBM, both in South Africa and abroad.
“I have no doubt Henry will keep up the positive momentum we have achieved over the past four years, continuing to grow the business as well as maintaining our longstanding customer and partner relationships,” says Rashid Wally, outgoing GM, Lenovo South Africa. “I am happy to introduce him into the Lenovo family and assist him in the first four months of 2009, to ensure a smooth transition in the leadership of the organisation.”
“I have to commend Rashid for the role he has played in establishing Lenovo South Africa as a leading local PC player and wish him well as he goes into retirement,” says Henry Ferreira, new General Manager, Lenovo South Africa. “It is an exciting time for me to take over the reins and grow the business even further.”
Ferreira, a technology industry veteran, was previously with Microsoft Southern Africa. Prior to this, Ferreira held various leadership positions at multinationals such as Nokia, Hewlett-Packard and Compaq. He worked abroad for a number of years as VP Africa for Nokia Networks, based in London. In 2006 he returned to South Africa to take up the position of VP and managing director at Unysis Africa.
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