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Board of directors and secretary
Chairman
Philip Hampton (age 57)
N (Chairman)
Appointed to the Board on 19 January 2009 and to the position of 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 which manages the UK Government's shareholding in banks.
He is currently a non-executive director of Anglo American plc.
Executive directors
Stephen Hester (age 50)
Group Chief Executive
Appointed to the Board on 1 October 2008 and to the position of 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. From February 2008 to October 2008 he served as a non-
executive deputy chairman of Northern Rock plc. He is also a trustee of The
Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew.
Bruce Van Saun (age 53)
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 Secretary
Aileen Taylor (age 38)
Aileen Taylor assumed the role of Group Secretary in May 2010 and provides
secretariat and corporate governance advice and support to the Group Board and
its senior Committees. Aileen was appointed Deputy Group Secretary and Head of
Group Secretariat in 2007, and prior to that held various legal, secretariat and risk
roles at divisional and business level. Aileen is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute
of Bankers in Scotland and a Fellow of the Industry and Parliament Trust.
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. Penny Hughes
7. Joe MacHale
8. John McFarlane
9. Brendan Nelson
10. Arthur ‘Art’ Ryan
11. Philip Scott
12. Aileen Taylor
Abbreviations
A Member of the 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
1 2 3 7 8 9
4 5 6 10 11 12