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Chairman
Philip Hampton (age 58)
Date of appointment: appointed to the Board on 19
January 2009 and to the position of Chairman on 3
February 2009
Previously chairman of J Sainsbury plc and group
finance director at Lloyds TSB Group, 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 and Belgacom SA. He is also a former
chairman of UK Financial Investments Limited, which
manages the UK Government’s shareholdings in banks.
External appointments
xNon-executive director of Anglo American
plc
Board Committee membership
xGroup Nominations Committee (Chair)
Executive directors
Group Chief Executive
Stephen Hester (age 51)
Date of appointment: appointed to the Board on 1
October 2008 and to the position of Group Chief
Executive on 21 November 2008
Previously chief executive of The British Land Company
PLC, chief operating officer of Abbey National plc and
prior to that held positions with Credit Suisse First
Boston including chief financial officer, head of fixed
income and co-head of European investment banking. In
2008 he served as a non-executive director of Northern
Rock plc.
External appointments
xTrustee of The Foundation and Friends of
the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
Board Committee membership
xExecutive Committee
Group Finance Director Bruce Van Saun (age 54)
Date of appointment: 1 October 2009
Over 25 years of 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 was responsible for 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.
External appointments
xConvergEx Holdings, LLC
Board Committee membership
xExecutive Committee
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