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Executive Committee
Stephen Hester, Group Chief Executive
Bruce Van Saun, Group Finance Director
For biographies see page 298
Ellen Alemany (age 57)
Chief Executive, RBS 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 RBS 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 52)
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 and the Global Restructuring Group. 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.
Ross McEwan (age 55)
Chief Executive, UK Retail
Ross McEwan was appointed Chief Executive Officer for UK Retail in
August 2012. Ross joined RBS from Commonwealth Bank of Australia
where he was Group Executive for Retail Banking Services for 5 years
and prior to that position Ross was Executive General Manager in charge
of its branch network, contact centres and third party mortgage brokers.
Ross has worked in the insurance and investment industries both in
Australia and New Zealand for more than 25 years. He has extensive
management experience having spent 18 years in senior executive roles
including Managing Director of stockbroking business First NZ Capital
Securities and Chief Executive of National Mutual Life Association of
Australasia Ltd/AXA New Zealand Ltd. Ross holds a Bachelor of
Business Studies, majoring in Industrial Relations & Personnel
Management.
John Hourican (age 42)
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. John is a fellow of
the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and received a degree
in Economics and Sociology from the National University of Ireland and a
Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting from Dublin City University.
On 6 February 2013, the Group announced that John Hourican will leave
the Group once he has completed a handover of his responsibilities. With
effect from 1 March 2013, Suneel Kamlani and Peter Nielsen will be co-
heads of the Markets division and John Owen will continue to lead the
International Banking division and all will report directly to the Group
Chief Executive.
Chris Sullivan (age 55)
Chief Executive, Corporate Banking
Chris Sullivan was appointed Chief Executive of the Corporate Banking
Division in August 2009 and also has responsibility for Ulster Bank
Group. Chris’ previous role was as Chief Executive of RBS Insurance.
Prior to this, Chris was Chief Executive of Retail and Deputy Chief
Executive of Retail Markets. Chris is the Group sponsor for Gender
Diversity and the Group’s internal Women’s Networks and was
recognised as the European Diversity Champion of the Year in 2011. He
is an active sponsor of professional and leadership development and is a
member of the Chartered Banker Professional Standards Board and
Governor of both Ashridge College and the ifs School of Finance. Chris
holds a number of positions outside the Group including Chairman of
both the Global Banking Alliance and the Inter-Alpha Group of Banks.
Chris earned his Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in
Scotland for his services to Scottish Banking.
Ron Teerlink (age 52)
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. Ron will step down from
his role at RBS in the first half of 2013.
Management Committee
The Management Committee, comprising our major business and
functional leaders, meets as required to review strategy and business
performance.
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