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02
Governance
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Board of directors and secretary
Annual Report and Accounts 2005
Chairman
Sir George Mathewson (age 65)
CBE, DUniv, LLD, FRSE, FCIBS
C (Chairman), N (Chairman)
Appointed to the Board in
September 1987 and as
Chairman in April 2001, Sir
George Mathewson has a wide
background in finance,
technology and management
and spent some of his career
in the United States. He
became Group Chief Executive
in January 1992 and, in March
2000, he was appointed
Executive Deputy Chairman.
He is a director of The Scottish
Investment Trust PLC and the
Institute of International
Finance, Inc. He is also
president of the International
Monetary Conference, a
member of the Advisory
Committee of Bridgepoint
Capital Limited and a member
of the Financial Reporting
Council. He was chief
executive of the Scottish
Development Agency from
1981 to 1987 and is a former
president of the British
Bankers’ Association.
Deputy Chairman and
Chairman-designate
Sir Tom McKillop* (age 62)
C, N
Appointed to the Board as
Deputy Chairman in
September 2005, Sir Tom is a
non-executive director of BP
p.l.c., and was formerly chief
executive of AstraZeneca plc.
He was formely president of
the European Federation of
Pharmaceutical Industries and
Associations and chairman of
the British Pharma Group. He is
Pro-Chancellor of the University
of Leicester and a trustee of
the Council for Industry and
Higher Education.
Executive directors
Sir Fred Goodwin (age 47)
DUniv, FCIBS, FCIB, LLD
Group Chief Executive
C
Appointed to the Board in
August 1998, Sir Fred Goodwin
is a Chartered Accountant. He
was formerly chief executive
and director, Clydesdale Bank
PLC and Yorkshire Bank PLC.
He is chairman of The Prince’s
Trust, a non-executive director
of Bank of China Limited and
a former president of the
Chartered Institute of Bankers
in Scotland.
Lawrence Fish (age 61)
Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Citizens Financial
Group, Inc.
Appointed to the Board in
January 1993, Lawrence Fish
is an American national. He is
a career banker and was a
director of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Boston. He is a trustee
of The Brookings Institution
and a director of the Financial
Services Roundtable, Textron
Inc., and numerous community
organisations in the USA.
Gordon Pell (age 56)
FCIBS, FCIB
Chief Executive,
Retail Markets
Appointed to the Board in
March 2000, Gordon Pell was
formerly group director of
Lloyds TSB UK Retail Banking
before joining National
Westminster Bank Plc as a
director in February 2000 and
then becoming chief executive,
Retail Banking. He is also a
director of Race for Opportunity
and a member of the National
Employment Panel and the
FSA Practitioner Panel.
Guy Whittaker (age 49)
Group Finance Director
C
Appointed to the Board in
February 2006, Guy Whittaker
was formerly group treasurer at
Citigroup Inc., based in New
York, having previously held a
number of management
positions within the financial
markets business at Citigroup.
He was elected a Lady
Beaufort Fellow of Christ's
College Cambridge in 2004.
Non-executive directors
Colin Buchan* (age 51)
A, C, R
Appointed to the Board in
June 2002, Colin Buchan was
educated in South Africa and
spent the early part of his
career in South Africa and the
Far East. He has considerable
international investment
banking experience, as well as
experience in very large risk
management in the equities
business. He was formerly a
member of the group
management board of UBS AG
and head of equities of UBS
Warburg. He is chairman of
UBS Securities Canada Inc.
and vice-chairman of Standard
Life Investments Limited. He is
also a director of Merrill Lynch
World Mining Trust Plc, Merrill
Lynch Gold Limited, Royal
Scottish National Orchestra
Society Limited and World
Mining Investment Company
Limited.
Jim Currie* (age 64)
D.Litt
R
Appointed to the Board in
November 2001, Jim Currie is
a highly experienced senior
international civil servant who
spent many years working in
Brussels and Washington. He
was formerly director general
at the European Commission
with responsibility for the EU’s
environmental policy and
director general for Customs
and Excise and Indirect
Taxation. He is also a director
of Total Holdings UK Limited,
an international advisor to
Eversheds and a consultant to
Butera & Andrews UK Limited.
Archie Hunter* (age 62)
A (Chairman), C
Appointed to the Board in
September 2004, Archie
Hunter is a Chartered
Accountant. He was Scottish
senior partner of KPMG
between 1992 and 1999 and
President of The Institute of
Chartered Accountants of
Scotland in 1997/1998. He
has extensive professional
experience in the UK and
North and South America.
He is currently chairman of
Macfarlane Group plc, a
director of Edinburgh US
Tracker Trust plc, Convenor
of Court at the University of
Strathclyde and a governor
of the Beatson Cancer
Research Institute.
Charles ‘Bud’ Koch (age 59)
Appointed to the Board in
September 2004, Bud Koch is
an American national. He has
extensive professional
experience in the USA and is
currently chairman of the
board of the Federal Home
Loan Bank of Cincinnati,
chairman of the board of John
Carroll University and a trustee
of Case Western Reserve
University. He was chairman,
president and chief executive
officer of Charter One
Financial, Inc. and its wholly
owned subsidiary, Charter One
Bank, N.A between 1973 and
2004. He is also a director of
Assurant, Inc.
Janis Kong* (age 55)
OBE, DUniv
Appointed to the Board in
January 2006, Janis Kong is
currently executive chairman of
Heathrow Airport Limited,
chairman of Heathrow Express
Limited and a director of BAA
plc and Portmeirion Group plc.
She is also a member of the
board of Visit Britain and
previously served as a member
of the board of the South East
England Regional Development
Agency.
Joe MacHale* (age 54)
A
Appointed to the Board in
September 2004, Joe MacHale
is currently a non-executive
director and chairman of the
audit committee of Morgan
Crucible plc, a non-executive
director of Brit Insurance
Holdings plc, and a trustee
of MacMillan Cancer Relief.
He held a number of senior
executive positions with J P
Morgan between 1979 and
2001 and was latterly chief
executive of J P Morgan
Europe, Middle East and
Africa Region.
Sir Steve Robson* (age 62)
A
Appointed to the Board in July
2001, Sir Steve Robson is a
former senior UK civil servant,
who had responsibility for a
wide variety of Treasury
matters. His early career
included the post of private
secretary to the Chancellor of
the Exchequer and
secondment to ICFC (now 3i).
He was also a second
permanent secretary of HM
Treasury, where he was
managing director of the
Finance and Regulation
Directorate. He is a non-
executive director of JP
Morgan Cazenove Holdings,
Xstrata Plc and Partnerships
UK plc, and a member of the
Chairman’s Advisory
Committee of KPMG.
Bob Scott* (age 64)
CBE, FCIBS
C, N, R (Chairman)
Appointed to the Board in
January 2001, Bob Scott is an
Australian national. He is the
senior independent director.
He has many years experience
in the international insurance
business and played a leading
role in the consolidation of the
UK insurance industry. He is a
former group chief executive of
CGNU plc and chairman of the
board of the Association of
British Insurers. He is chairman
of Yell Group plc and a non-
executive director of Swiss
Reinsurance Company (Zurich),
Jardine Lloyd Thompson
Group plc and Focus DIY
Group Limited. He is also a
trustee of the Crimestoppers
Trust and an adviser to Duke
Street Capital.
Peter Sutherland* (age 59)
KCMG
C, N
Appointed to the Board in
January 2001, Peter Sutherland
is an Irish national. He is a
former attorney general of
Ireland and from 1985 to 1989
was the European
Commissioner responsible for
competition policy. He is
chairman of BP p.l.c. and
Goldman Sachs International
and honorary president and
member of the Advisory
Council for the European
Movement – Ireland. He was
formerly chairman of Allied
Irish Bank and a director
general of GATT and the World
Trade Organisation.
Group Secretary and
General Counsel
Miller McLean (age 56)
FCIBS
C
Miller McLean was appointed
Group Secretary in August
1994. He is a trustee of the
Industry and Parliament Trust,
a non-executive chairman of
The Whitehall and Industry
Group and a director of The
Scottish Parliament and
Business Exchange.
Amember of the Audit
Committee
Cmember of the Chairman’s
Advisory Group
Nmember of the Nominations
Committee
Rmember of the Remuneration
Committee
*independent non-executive
director