Yugen Naidoo

General Manager, Southern Africa, Lenovo

Yugen Naidoo is General Manager, Southern Africa of Lenovo, in the role since July 2022.

Lenovo South Africa is the local arm of the Chinese PC maker, which reports a 22.6% share of South Africa's PC market. Under Naidoo, Lenovo relaunched the Motorola smartphone brand in South Africa.

In the job

  1. Lenovo appointed Naidoo as general manager to oversee its operations in Southern Africa, succeeding Thibault Dousson. Source

  2. Lenovo relaunched the Motorola smartphone brand in South Africa. Source

Career before

  1. 2016Consumer segment leader, Lenovo
  2. 2021Consumer and SMB leader, Lenovo
  3. 2022Channel leader, Lenovo

Sources

  1. itweb.africa
  2. cio-sa.co.za
  3. itweb.co.za

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