Imation Appoints Thomas Lally General Manager, Asia-Pacific Region

OAKDALE, Minn., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Imation Corp , a worldwide leader in removable data storage, today announced the appointment of Thomas (Tom) Lally to general manager of the Asia-Pacific region, reporting to Frank Russomanno, president, chief operating officer and acting chief executive officer for Imation. The assignment includes leadership of Imation's Commercial/OEM and Consumer Divisions for the company's largest geographic region spanning China, India, Southeast Asia, Japan, Korea and Australia-New Zealand. Lally replaces Nobuyoshi Kawasaki, who retired at year-end after 39 years with Imation and 3M.

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The company also announced the transition of its Asia-Pacific regional headquarters from Imation's offices in Tokyo to the company's offices in Hong Kong.

"The Asia-Pacific region is a dynamic region where Imation is focusing considerable growth efforts. Tom brings tremendous experience to this important assignment, with nearly three decades in the data storage business at Imation and 3M," said Russomanno. "He has broad sales, marketing, distribution and business development background. This, coupled with previous regional assignments in our Japan and Americas organizations, make him well qualified to lead our business in Asia-Pacific, the most populous region in the world. And, as Imation's growth focus for this region shifts to emerging markets in China and India, we have established our Hong Kong office as our new regional headquarters to be best able to serve the needs of this region."

Prior to this assignment, Lally most recently led Imation's U.S. Consumer business, including the sales and marketing integration efforts for Imation and Memorex brands following Imation's acquisition of Memorex in 2006. Lally holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Cornell University. He and his wife have relocated from Minnesota to Hong Kong.

About Imation Corp

Imation Corp is the only company in the world solely focused on the development, manufacture and supply of removable data storage products spanning the four pillars of magnetic, optical, flash and removable hard disk storage. With more than 50 years of data storage leadership beginning with the development of the world's first computer tape, Imation proudly marked its 10th anniversary as an independent company in 2006. In addition to the Imation brand, Imation Corp's global brand portfolio includes the Memorex brand, one of the most widely recognized names in the consumer electronics industry, famous for the slogan, "Is it live or is it Memorex?" Additional information about Imation is available at http://www.imation.com/ or by calling 1-888-466- 3456.

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