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11RBS Group Annual Report and Accounts 2009
Essential reading
Executive Committee
Executive Committee
Stephen Hester, Group Chief Executive
Gordon Pell, Deputy Group Chief Executive
Bruce Van Saun, Group Finance Director
MFor biographies see pages 8-9
Brian Hartzer (age 43)
Chief Executive, UK Retail, Wealth and Ulster Bank
Brian Hartzer joined The RBS Group in 2009. A Princeton graduate, he is a joint
US and Australian citizen. Brian joined ANZ in 1999 and ran its Consumer Finance
business (credit cards, merchant services and personal loans) until 2004. He then
took over the full Retail bank portfolio (including SME and Wealth), and in 2008
added the role of Chief Executive Australia for all ANZ business lines, as well as
Global Segment Lead for Retail. Before joining ANZ, Brian was a financial services
consultant in New York, San Francisco and Melbourne for 10 years.
Chris Sullivan (age 52)
Chief Executive, UK Corporate
Chris Sullivan was appointed Chief Executive of the UK Corporate Banking
Division and the GTS Division in August 2009. His previous role was Chief
Executive of RBS Insurance, the second largest general insurance provider in the
UK. Prior to this, Chris was Chief Executive of Retail and Deputy Chief Executive
of Retail Markets. Chris is Vice Chairman of the Association of British Insurers,
Chairman of the General Insurance Council and a member of the CBI President’s
Committee. He spent five years as Chief Executive of Lombard Asset Finance
where he developed the business to a leadership position in the UK and Europe.
Chris Sullivan earned his Fellowship of Chartered Institute of Bankers Scotland for
his services to Scottish Banking.
John Hourican (age 39)
Chief Executive, Global Banking & Markets
Prior to his recent appointment as Chief Executive, Global Banking & Markets,
John Hourican was the Chief Financial Officer and Board Member responsible for
Group Finance after his appointment to the ABN AMRO Managing Board in
November 2007. Before his Managing Board appointment, John was Head of
Leveraged Finance, Global Banking & Markets. In this role, John was responsible
for leading RBS’s market leading Leveraged Finance and High Yield business in
Europe and Asia Pacific. John joined RBS in 1997 and held a variety of senior
positions within RBS’s wholesale banking Division, notably on the Division’s board
as Finance Director and more recently as Chief Operating Officer where he was
responsible for managing 3,000 people globally.
Ellen Alemany (age 54)
Chief Executive, Citizens and Head of Americas
Ellen Alemany joined The RBS Group in June 2007 from Citigroup, where she was
CEO for Global Transaction Services. She was also a member of the Citigroup
Operating Committee, Corporate and Investment Planning Group, and Global
Banking Operating Committee. Ellen began her banking career at Chase
Manhattan Bank in 1977, working in Operations, Structured Trade, and the Media
and Electronics Department as a Senior Lender. In October 2009, she was listed
17th on US Banker’s list of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking.
Paul Geddes (age 40)
Chief Executive, RBS Insurance
Paul Geddes graduated from Oxford in 1990, where he read Politics, Philosophy
and Economics. His career started at Procter & Gamble, in the UK and Europe.
He entered retailing in 1997, holding senior roles in Kingfisher and GUS Groups
before joining the RBS Group in 2004 as Managing Director, Products and Marketing,
Retail Banking. He was appointed CEO, Retail Banking in December 2006 and
CEO, UK Retail in February 2009, before taking overall responsibility for some of
the UK’s best-known insurance brands, including Direct Line, Churchill, Privilege
and Green Flag as CEO, RBS Insurance in August 2009. Paul is a Fellow of the
Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland and a Trustee of the Dewar Arts Awards.
Ron Teerlink (age 49)
Chief Administrative Officer
In April 2008, Ron Teerlink joined The RBS Group as Chief Executive of Business
Services, becoming the Group Chief Administrative Officer in February 2009.
At the same time he was re-appointed to the Managing Board of ABN AMRO to
oversee the integration programme. Ron started his career with ABN Bank in 1986
as an IT/Systems analyst and held various functional positions before becoming
Chief Operating Officer of the Wholesale Clients Business in 2002. He was
appointed Chief Executive Officer of Group Shared Services in 2004 and joined
ABN AMRO’s Managing Board in January 2006, where he was responsible for
Services and Market Infrastructure. Ron holds a Masters degree in Economics
from Amsterdam’s Vrije Universiteit.
Nathan Bostock (age 49)
Head of Restructuring & Risk
Nathan Bostock joined The RBS Group in June 2009 as Head of Restructuring
and Risk with responsibility for the newly formed Non-Core Division & APS, the
Global Restructuring Group and the control functions of Group Legal & Secretariat
and Risk Management. Before joining RBS, Nathan spent eight years with Abbey
National plc in several roles and was latterly the CFO and main Board Director
responsible for Products & Marketing, HR, Insurance and Cards. Before joining
Abbey in 2001, Nathan spent ten years with RBS in a number of roles, including
Chief Operating Officer of Treasury and Capital Markets and Group Risk Director.
A Chartered Accountant, Nathan worked with Coopers & Lybrand, before starting
his career in banking. He spent seven years in Chase Manhattan Bank in a variety
of areas and functions. He also holds a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics.
Alan Dickinson (age 59)
Chairman, UK Corporate
Alan Dickinson became Chairman, Corporate Banking on 1 August 2009 having
been Chief Executive, Corporate Banking from March, following the Group’s
restructure. The business looks after the Group’s SME and Corporate businesses
in the UK and its Global Transaction Services Division. Alan is a member of the
Bank’s Group Executive Committee. He joined The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
in 1973. His career has covered working in the front line of Retail, Corporate and
SME banking as well as in 1992 being Director of Credit covering the Bank’s
personal, business, commercial and corporate customers in the UK.
Management Committee
The Management Committee, comprising our major business and
functional leaders, meets three to four times annually as a vehicle for
strategy and business performance review.
It comprises members of the Executive Committee plus:
Richard Hemsley, Chief Operating Officer, Business Services
Jennifer Hill, Head of Strategy and Corporate Finance
Marco Mazzucchelli, Deputy CEO of Global Banking & Markets
Cormac McCarthy, Chief Executive, Ulster Bank
John McCormick, CEO Asia
Andrew McLaughlin, Head of Communications and
Group Chief Economist
Miller McLean, Group General Counsel and Group Secretary
Peter Neilsen, Global Head of Markets
Neil Roden, Head of Human Resources
Brian Stevenson, Chief Executive, Global Transaction Services