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Our Board
Chairman
Philip Hampton (age 59)
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
x Non-executive director of Anglo American
plc
Board Committee membership
x Group Nominations Committee (Chair)
Executive directors
Group Chief Executive Stephen Hester (age 52)
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.
After nationalisation in 2008, he served as non-executive
Deputy Chairman of Northern Rock plc.
External appointments
x Trustee of The Foundation and Friends of
the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
Board Committee membership
x Executive Committee
Group Finance Director Bruce Van Saun (age 55)
Date of appointment: 1 October 2009
Extensive leadership experience with 30 years in the
financial services industry. 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
x Non-executive director of Direct Line
Insurance Group plc
x Non-executive director of Lloyd’s of
London Franchise Board
x Non-executive director of Worldpay (Ship
Midco Limited)
Board Committee membership
x Executive Committee