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Non-executive directors
Colin Buchan* (age 54)
A, N, R (Chairman)
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, and was the
former chairman of UBS Securities Canada Inc. He is chairman of
Standard Life Investments Limited and a director of Standard Life plc
and Black Rock World Mining Trust Plc.
Archie Hunter* (age 65)
A (Chairman), 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.
Joe MacHale* (age 57)
A, N
Appointed to the Board in September 2004, Joe MacHale is currently a
non-executive director and chairman of the remuneration committee of
Brit Insurance Holdings plc, and a trustee and treasurer 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. He is a fellow of
the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
John McFarlane* (age 61)
N, R
Appointed to the Board on 1 October 2008, John McFarlane is former chief
executive officer of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited.
Previously he was a group executive director of Standard Chartered
and was head of Citicorp/Citibank in the UK and Ireland. He is currently
a non-executive director of Westfield Holdings Limited and a director of
Old Oak Holdings Limited. He is a former president of the International
Monetary Conference and a former chairman of the Australian Bankers
Association. He has previously served as a director of the London Stock
Exchange and a member of the Auditing Practices Board.
Arthur “Art” Ryan* (age 66)
N
Appointed to the Board on 1 October 2008, Arthur Ryan is the former
chairman, chief executive officer and president of Prudential Financial
Inc. Previously he held senior positions with Prudential Insurance and
the former Chase Manhattan Bank NA. He is currently a non-executive
director of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. and an active member of
numerous community boards. He was a founding member of the
Financial Services Forum.
Group General Counsel and Group Secretary
Miller McLean (age 59) FCIBS, FIB
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, and president of the Chartered
Institute of Bankers in Scotland.