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Stephen Hester, Group Chief Executive
Bruce Van Saun, Group Finance Director
For biographies see page 253
Ellen Alemany (age 56)
Chief Executive, Citizens and Head of Americas
Ellen Alemany joined the RBS Group in June 2007 as Head of RBS
Americas. She became Chief Executive Officer of Citizens Financial
Group, Inc. in March 2008 and Chairman in March 2009. Prior to these
appointments, Ellen was the chief executive officer for Global Transaction
Services at Citigroup, one of Citi’s 12 publicly reported product lines.
Ellen joined Citibank in 1987 and held various positions including
executive vice-president for Commercial Business Group, chairman and
chief executive officer for Citibank International plc and Citibank’s
European bank. She also served on the Citibank, N.A., Board of
Directors. Ellen was elected to serve on the Board of Directors of
Automatic Data Processing, Inc., beginning in January 2012.
Nathan Bostock (age 51)
Head of Restructuring & Risk
Nathan Bostock joined the RBS Group in June 2009. He is Head of
Restructuring and Risk with responsibility for Risk Management, Legal &
Regulatory Affairs, Global Restructuring Group and the Asset Protection
Scheme. Before joining RBS, Nathan spent eight years with Abbey
National plc in several roles and was latterly the chief financial officer 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 42)
Chief Executive, RBS Insurance
Paul Geddes was appointed as Chief Executive of RBS Insurance in
August 2009, and is leading a significant transformation of the business
ahead of its planned divestment from the Group. Prior to his move to
Insurance, Paul was CEO of RBS Group's UK retail banking business,
having joined RBS Retail in 2004 as Managing Director with responsibility
for products and marketing. Before financial services, Paul held a number
of senior roles in multi-channel retailing in the GUS and Kingfisher
groups. Paul started his career in Marketing with Procter & Gamble in UK
and European roles. Paul read PPE at Oxford, graduating in 1990, and
remains a supporter of his college through music scholarships. He is a
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland, a member of the
ABI Board and a member of the FSA Practitioner Panel.
Brian Hartzer (age 45)
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. Brian
will leave the RBS Group in summer 2012.
John Hourican (age 41)
Chief Executive, Markets & International Banking
John Hourican was appointed Chief Executive, Markets & International
Banking in January 2012 having served as Chief Executive of its
predecessor, Global Banking & Markets, since October 2008. Prior to this
John held a variety of positions across the RBS Group, including Chief
Financial Officer of ABN AMRO Group, Head of Leveraged Finance and
Chief Operating Officer of Global Banking & Markets. John received a
degree in Economics and Sociology from the National University of
Ireland and received a Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting 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 54)
Chief Executive, UK Corporate
Chris Sullivan was appointed Chief Executive of the UK Corporate
Banking Division (including Global Transaction Services) in August 2009.
His previous role was Chief Executive of RBS Insurance. Prior to this,
Chris was Chief Executive of Retail and Deputy Chief Executive of Retail
Markets. Chris is a member of the CBI President’s Committee, vice-
chairman of the Global Banking Alliance for Women, a governor of the
IFS and a governor of Ashridge Management College. Chris is also
chairman of the Interalpha group of banks. He spent five years as chief
executive of Lombard Asset Finance and under his leadership it attained
aleading position in the UK and Europe. Chris Sullivan earned his
Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland for his
services to Scottish Banking.
Ron Teerlink (age 51)
Chief Administrative Officer
Ron Teerlink joined the RBS Group in April 2008 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 regularly, up to four times annually, as a vehicle
for strategy and business performance review.
It comprises members of the Executive Committee plus a number of
other senior executives. Full details of membership of the Management
Committee can be found on the Group’s website www.rbs.com.
Executive Committee