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division of the Group with operations in over 65
countries and territories. Joined HSBC in 1980.
Appointed to the Board: 2008
Current appointments include: Chairman of The
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Limited; and Chairman of the Group Management
Board. A member of the Monetary Authority of
Singapore International Advisory Panel since 1 June
2012 and a member of the International Advisory
Council of the China Banking Regulatory
Commission since 10 July 2012.
Former appointments include: Chairman, Europe,
Middle East and Global Businesses and Chairman of
HSBC Bank plc, HSBC Bank Middle East Limited
and HSBC Private Banking Holdings (Suisse) SA.
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; Deputy Chairman of HSBC Trinkaus
& Burkhardt AG and a member of its Supervisory
Board. Ceased to be Chairman of HSBC France on
22 November 2012.
S A Catz†, 51
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, 63
Member of the Corporate Sustainability Committee
and, since 1 January 2013, Chairman.
Skills and experience: extensive regulatory and
policy making 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: 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
Hong Kong Deputy to the 12th National People’s
Congress of China; non-executive director of China
Telecom Corporation Limited; member of the
Advisory Board of the Yale School of Management;
Senior International Advisor for Foundation Asset
Management Sweden AB; member of the State Bar
of California; and Chairman of the Financial Services
Development Council of Hong Kong SAR since
17 January 2013. Appointed a non-executive director
of Unilever PLC with effect from 14 May 2013.
Former appointments include: non-executive
director of Bank of Communications Co., Ltd.,
Baoshan Iron and Steel Co. Limited; Johnson
Electric Holdings Limited; and Chairman of the
University Grants Committee in Hong Kong.
Ceased to be a director of Hong Kong Exchanges
and Clearing Limited on 24 April 2012; Tata
Consultancy Services Limited on 29 June 2012;
Chairman of the ICAC Advisory Committee on
Corruption on 31 December 2012; and Chairman
of the Task Force on the Financial Services
Development Council of Hong Kong SAR on
17 January 2013.
M K T Cheung†, GBS, OBE, 65
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 and HKR
International Limited; non-executive Chairman of
the Airport Authority Hong Kong and the Council
of the Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology; 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; and a member of the
Working Group on Transportation under the