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Board of directors and secretary
Chairman
Philip Hampton (age 56)
N (Chairman)
Appointed to the Board on 19 January 2009 and as Chairman on 3 February 2009.
Philip Hampton was previously chairman of J Sainsbury plc and 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. Philip joined the Board of Anglo American plc as a non-executive
director on 9 November 2009.
Key to pictures
1. Philip Hampton, Chairman
2. Stephen Hester, Group Chief Executive
3. Bruce Van Saun, Group Finance Director
4. Colin Buchan
5. Sandy Crombie
6. Archie Hunter
7. Joe MacHale
8. Penny Hughes
9. John McFarlane
10. Arthur “Art” Ryan
11. Philip Scott
12. Miller McLean
Abbreviations
A member of the Group Audit Committee
N member of the Nominations Committee
R member of the Remuneration Committee
Ri member of the Board Risk Committee
* independent non-executive director
Executive directors
Stephen Hester (age 49)
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. Between February and October 2008, he was non-executive deputy
chairman of Northern Rock plc. He is also a trustee of The Foundation and
Friends of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew.
Gordon Pell (age 60) (not pictured)
FCIBS, FCIB
Deputy Group Chief Executive
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. He will retire from the
Board on 31 March 2010.
Bruce Van Saun (age 52)
Group Finance Director
Appointed to the Board on 1 October 2009, Bruce Van Saun has more than 25
years financial services experience. From 1997 to 2008 he held a number of
senior positions with Bank of New York and later Bank of New York Mellon, most
recently as vice chairman and chief financial officer and before that he was
responsible for the Asset Management and Market Related businesses. Prior to
that, he held senior positions with Deutsche Bank, Wasserstein Perella Group and
Kidder Peabody & Co. He has served on several corporate boards as a non-
executive director and has been active in numerous community organisations.
Group General Counsel and Group Secretary
Miller McLean (age 60)
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 immediate past president of the Chartered Institute of
Bankers in Scotland. He will retire from the Group on 30 April 2010.
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