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Lenovo a go-go: the IT giant soldiers on

Fiona O’Brien of Lenovo tells Emmet Ryan how the veteran tech firm has evolved during her nearly two decades with the firm

Fiona O’Brien, vice-president of sales transformation for Lenovo international markets. Picture: Feargal Ward

Lenovo used to be one of the easiest companies on the planet to explain to my ageing father. It was a business that sold laptops and desktops; the old IBM ones to go all the way back.

Fiona O’Brien was there for that stage of the business but, as her own job title has changed seven times over the course of her more than 17 years with the company, so too has what Lenovo does.