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Lord Evans of Weardale, 58
Independent non-executive Director
Appointed to the Board: August 2013
Chairman of the Financial System Vulnerabilities Committee and a
member of the Conduct & Values Committee and the Philanthropic
& Community Investment Oversight Committee.
Skills and experience: Jonathan has extensive experience
in national security policy and operations. He was formerly
Director General of MI5 with responsibility for the
leadership, policy and strategy of the Security Service,
including international and domestic counter-terrorism,
counter-espionage and counter-proliferation activities and
cyber security. Jonathan has held various positions in the
UK Security Service over a 30-year career with responsibility
for the oversight of the Joint Terrorist Analysis Centre and
the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure and
attended the National Security Council.
Current appointments include: Jonathan is a director of
Ark Data Centres and serves in an advisory capacity to
various cybersecurity and technology companies.
Joachim Faber, 65
Independent non-executive Director
Appointed to the Board: March 2012
Chairman of the Group Risk Committee.
Skills and experience: Joachim has experience in banking
and asset management with significant international
experience, having worked in Germany, Tokyo, New York
and London. He is a former Chief Executive Officer of Allianz
Global Investors AG and is a member of the management
board of Allianz SE. He spent 14 years with Citigroup Inc.,
holding positions in Trading and Project Finance and as
Head of Capital Markets for Europe, North America and
Japan. Other former appointments include serving as
chairman of various Allianz subsidiaries. He was previously
a member of the supervisory board and chairman of the
audit and risk committee of OSRAM Licht AG. He was
also a member of the German Council for Sustainable
Development and a member of the advisory board of the
Siemens Group Pension Board.
Current appointments include: Joachim is Chairman of
the supervisory board of Deutsche Börse AG and of the
Shareholder Committee of Joh A. Benckiser SARL. He is an
independent director of Coty Inc. and a director of Allianz
France S.A.
Rona Fairhead, CBE, 54
Independent non-executive Director
Appointed to the Board: March 2004.
She will retire from the Board at the
conclusion of the HSBC Holdings AGM
on 22 April 2016.
Member of the Financial System Vulnerabilities Committee and the
Nomination Committee.
Skills and experience: Rona has a background in
international industry, publishing, finance and general
management. She was a former chair and Chief Executive
Officer of the Financial Times Group Limited responsible
for its strategy, management and operations and was
Finance Director of Pearson plc with responsibility for the
finance function, global financial reporting and control,
tax and treasury. Other former appointments include
serving as an Executive Vice President, Strategy and Group
Control of Imperial Chemical Industries plc and Chairman
and director of Interactive Data Corporation. She was a
member of the board of the UK Government’s Cabinet
Office and a non-executive director of The Economist
Newspaper Limited.
Current appointments include: Rona is a non-executive
director of PepsiCo Inc. and chair of the BBC Trust. She
handed over her responsibility as chair of HSBC North
American Holdings Inc. to Heidi Miller on 1 January 2016
and will remain on its board as a non-executive director
until she retires from the HSBC Holdings Board on 22 April
2016.
Sam Laidlaw, 60
Independent non-executive Director
Appointed to the Board: January 2008
Chairman of the Group Remuneration Committee and the
Nomination Committee.
Skills and experience: Sam has international experience,
particularly in the energy sector, having had responsibility
for businesses in four continents. He is a qualified solicitor
with a Master’s in Business Administration. Former
appointments include serving as Chief Executive Officer
of Centrica plc and the lead non-executive board member
of the UK Department for Transport. Sam was also an
Executive Vice President of Chevron Corporation and a
member of the UK Prime Minister’s Business Advisory
Group.
Current appointments include: Sam is the chair of National
Centre for Universities and Business and Executive
Chairman of Neptune Oil & Gas Limited.