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Board of directors and secretary
Chairman
Philip Hampton (age 55)
Chairman
N (Chairman), R
Appointed to the Board on 19 January 2009, Philip Hampton is currently
chairman of J Sainsbury plc. Previously, he was group finance director
of Lloyds TSB Group plc, BT Group plc, BG Group plc, British Gas and
British Steel plc, an executive director of Lazards and a non-executive
director of RMC Group plc. He is also former chairman of UK Financial
Investments Limited, the company established to manage the UK
Government's shareholding in banks subscribing to its recapitalisation
fund, and is a non-executive director of Belgacom SA.
Key to abbreviations
A member of the Audit Committee
N member of the Nominations Committee
R member of the Remuneration Committee
* independent non-executive director
Executive directors
Stephen Hester (age 48)
Group Chief Executive
Appointed to the Board on 1 October 2008 and as Group Chief
Executive on 21 November 2008, Stephen Hester was chief executive
of The British Land Company PLC. He was previously chief operating
officer of Abbey National plc and prior to that he held positions with
Credit Suisse First Boston including Chief Financial Officer, Head of
Fixed Income and co-Head of European Investment Banking. In
February 2008, he was appointed non-executive deputy chairman of
Northern Rock plc, a position he relinquished on 1 October 2008. He
is also a trustee of The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanical
Gardens, Kew.
Gordon Pell (age 59) FCIBS, FCIB
Chairman, Regional 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 FSA Practitioner Panel. He was
appointed chairman of the Business Commission on Racial Equality in
the Workplace in July 2006 and deputy chairman of the Board of the
British Bankers Association in September 2007.
Guy Whittaker (age 52)
Group Finance Director
Appointed to the Board in February 2006, Guy Whittaker joined RBS after
spending 25 years with Citigroup where he was the group treasurer
based in New York and prior to that had held a number of management
positions within the financial markets business based in London.