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RBS Group • Annual Report and Accounts 2007
Governance
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10. Bill Friedrich* (age 59)
A
Appointed to the Board in March 2006, Bill Friedrich is
the former deputy chief executive of BG Group plc. He
previously served as general counsel for British Gas plc
and is a former partner of Shearman & Sterling where
he practised as a general corporate lawyer working for
several of the world's leading financial institutions.
11. Archie Hunter* (age 64)
A (Chairman), C, N
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 and a
governor of the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research.
12. Charles ‘Bud’ Koch (age 61)
Appointed to the Board in September 2004, Bud Koch
is an American national. He has extensive professional
experience in the USA and is immediate past 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 and a public interest director
of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati.
13. Janis Kong* (age 57) OBE, DUniv
R
Appointed to the Board in January 2006, Janis Kong
was formerly executive chairman of Heathrow Airport
Limited, chairman of Heathrow Express Limited and a
director of BAA plc. She is currently a non-executive
director of Kingfisher plc and Portmeirion Group plc.
She is also chairman of Forum for the Future and a
member of the board of Visit Britain.
14. Joe MacHale* (age 56)
A
Appointed to the Board in September 2004, Joe
MacHale is currently the senior independent director
and chairman of the audit committee of Morgan
Crucible plc, a non-executive director and chairman of
the remuneration committee of Brit Insurance Holdings
plc, and a trustee of MacMillan Cancer Support. 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.
15. Sir Steve Robson* (age 64)
A
Appointed to the Board in July 2001, Sir Steve
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, The Financial Reporting Council
Limited and Partnerships UK plc, and a member of the
Chairman’s Advisory Committee of KPMG.
16. Bob Scott* (age 66) 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 (now
Aviva plc) and former chairman of the board of the
Association of British Insurers. He is currently chairman
of Yell Group plc and a non-executive director of Swiss
Reinsurance Company and Jardine Lloyd Thompson
Group plc. He is also a trustee of the Crimestoppers
Trust, an adviser to Duke Street Capital Private Equity
and a board member of Pension Insurance Corporation
Holdings LLP.
17. Peter Sutherland* (age 61) KCMG
C, N, R
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. He was formerly chairman of Allied Irish
Bank and director general of GATT and its successor,
the World Trade Organisation.
Group Secretary and General Counsel
18. Miller McLean (age 58)
FCIBS, FIB
C
Miller McLean was appointed Group Secretary in
August 1994. He is a trustee of the Industry and
Parliament Trust, non-executive chairman of The
Whitehall and Industry Group, director of The Scottish
Parliament and Business Exchange and president of
the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland.
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