RBS 2010 Annual Report Download - page 231

229RBS Group 2010
Governance
Executive Committee
Stephen Hester, Group Chief Executive
Bruce Van Saun, Group Finance Director
MFor biographies see page 226
Ellen Alemany (age 55)
Chief Executive, Citizens and Head of Americas
Ellen Alemany joined the RBS Group in June 2007 as Chief Executive Officer of
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. and Head of RBS Americas. She became Chairman
of Citizens Financial Group, Inc. in March 2009. Prior to this appointment, Ellen
was the CEO for Global Transaction Services at Citigroup, one of Citi’s 12 publicity
reported product lines. Ellen joined Citibank in 1987 and has held various positions
including EVP for Commercial Business Group, Chairman and CEO for Citibank
International plc and Citibank’s European Bank.
Nathan Bostock (age 50)
Head of Restructuring & Risk
Nathan Bostock joined the RBS Group in June 2009 as Head of Restructuring and
Risk with responsibility for the 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.
Paul Geddes (age 41)
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.
Brian Hartzer (age 44)
Chief Executive, UK Retail, Wealth and Ulster Bank
Brian Hartzer has been the Chief Executive Officer for Retail, Wealth and Ulster
Bank since August 2009. He joined RBS from ANZ in Australia, where he was
Chief Executive Officer Australia, as well as Global Segment Lead for Retail
and Wealth. Brian joined ANZ in 1999 as Managing Director, Consumer Finance,
and later ran ANZ’s Personal Banking division. Prior to joining ANZ, Brian spent
ten years as a financial services consultant in New York, San Francisco, and
Melbourne. Brian is a graduate of Princeton University and holds joint US and
Australian citizenship.
John Hourican (age 40)
Chief Executive, Global Banking & Markets
John Hourican was appointed Chief Executive of Global Banking & Markets in
October 2008. Prior to this John held a variety of positions across the RBS Group,
including CFO of ABN AMRO Group, Head of Leveraged Finance and Chief
Operating Officer of Global Banking & Markets. John was educated at the National
University of Ireland and received his Postgraduate Diploma from Dublin City
University before starting his career at Price Waterhouse, where he worked in
Dublin, London and Hong Kong. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants in Ireland.
Chris Sullivan (age 53)
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 and
under his leadership it attained a leading position in the UK and Europe. Chris
Sullivan earned his Fellowship of Chartered Institute of Bankers Scotland for his
services to Scottish Banking.
Ron Teerlink (age 50)
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.
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:
Elaine Arden, Group Human Resources Director
Scott Barton, Chief Executive, Global Transaction Services
Chris Campbell, Group General Counsel
Mark Catton, Chief Executive, UK Corporate & Institutional Banking
Rory Cullinan, Head of Non-Core Division
John Cummins, Group Treasurer
Jennifer Hill, Group Director – Strategy & Corporate Finance
Suneel Kamlani, President of Global Banking & Markets
Marco Mazzucchelli, Global Head of Banking & Deputy CEO, GBM
Cormac McCarthy, Chief Executive, Ulster Bank
John McCormick, Chief Executive, GBM Asia Pacific
Andrew McLaughlin, Head of Communications and
Group Chief Economist
Peter Nielsen, Global Head of Markets
David Stephen, Deputy Group Chief Risk Officer
Brian Stevenson, Chairman, Global Transaction Services
Rory Tapner, Chief Executive, Wealth Management