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Current appointments include: Group Chief
Executive and Chairman of The Hongkong and
Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited since
1 January 2011; Chairman of HSBC France; and
Chairman of the Group Management Board.
Former appointments include: Chairman, Europe,
Middle East and Global Businesses; Chairman of
HSBC Bank plc and of HSBC Bank Middle East
Limited; Head of Global Banking and Markets;
Co-Head of Global Banking and Markets; Head
of Global Markets; Head of Treasury and Capital
Markets in Asia-Pacific. Ceased to be Deputy
Chairman of HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG and
a member of its Supervisory Board on 7 June 2011;
and Chairman of HSBC Private Banking Holdings
(Suisse) SA on 6 December 2011.
S A Catz†, 50
Skills and experience: a background in international
business leadership, having helped transform Oracle
into the largest producer of business management
software and the world’s leading supplier of software
for information management.
Appointed to the Board: 2008
Current appointments include: President and
Chief Financial Officer of Oracle Corporation.
Joined Oracle in 1999 and appointed to the board of
directors in 2001.
Former appointments include: Managing Director
of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.
L M L Cha†, GBS, 62
Member of the Corporate Sustainability Committee.
Skills and experience: extensive regulatory and
policymaking experience in the finance and
securities sector in Hong Kong and mainland China;
formerly Vice Chairman of the China Securities
Regulatory Commission, being the first person
outside mainland China to join the Central
Government of the People’s Republic of China at
vice-ministerial rank; awarded Gold and Silver
Bauhinia Stars by the Hong Kong Government for
public service; formerly Deputy Chairman of the
Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong;
and has worked in the US and Asia.
Appointed to the Board: 1 March 2011
Current appointments include: non-executive
Deputy Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation Limited; non-official member
of the Executive Council of Hong Kong SAR; a
director of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing
Limited; and Tata Consultancy Services Limited;
Chairman of the ICAC Advisory Committee on
Corruption; a Hong Kong Deputy to the 11th
National People’s Congress of China; a member
of the Advisory Board of the Yale School of
Management, Millstein Center of Corporate
Governance, and Performance at Yale University; a
Senior International Advisor for Foundation Asset
Management Sweden AB; and a member of the State
Bar of California.
Former appointments include: non-executive
director of Bank of Communications Co., Ltd.,
Baoshan Iron and Steel Co. Limited, Johnson
Electric Holdings Limited, and China Telecom
Corporation Limited; and Chairman of the
University Grants Committee in Hong Kong.
M K T Cheung†, GBS, OBE, 64
Member of the Group Audit Committee.
Skills and experience: a background in international
business and financial accounting, particularly in
greater China and the wider Asian economy; retired
from KPMG Hong Kong in 2003 after more than
30 years; awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star by the
Hong Kong Government. Fellow of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Appointed to the Board: 2009
Current appointments include: non-executive
director of Hang Seng Bank Limited; non-executive
chairman of the Airport Authority Hong Kong; non-
executive director of HKR International Limited;
non-official member of the Executive Council of the
Hong Kong SAR; non-executive chairman of the
Council of the Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology; and a director of The Association of
Former Council Members of The Stock Exchange
of Hong Kong Limited and The Hong Kong
International Film Festival Society Ltd.
Former appointments include: non-executive
director of Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited and
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited;
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of KPMG
Hong Kong; and a council member of the Open
University of Hong Kong.