HSBC 2004 Annual Report Download - page 190

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Board of Directors and Senior Management (continued)
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*H Sohmen, OBE
Age 65. Chairman and President of World-Wide
Shipping Group Limited and Chairman of Bergesen
d.y. ASA and Bergesen Worldwide Limited. A non-
executive Director since 1990. A non-executive
Director of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation Limited since 1984 and Deputy Chairman
since 1996.
† C S Taylor
Age 59. Chair of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
A non-executive Director since 2002. A member of the
Corporate Social Responsibility Committee. Appointed
a non-executive Director of HSBC North America
Holdings Inc. with effect from 1 March 2005. A former
non-executive Director of HSBC Bank Canada, HSBC
Bank USA, N.A. and HSBC USA Inc. A non-executive
Director of Fairmont Hotels and Resorts from 2001 to
February 2005. Chair of Vancouver Board of Trade
from 2001 to 2002.
† Sir Brian Williamson, CBE
Age 60. Chairman of Electra Investment Trust plc and
Resolution Life Group Limited. A non-executive
Director since 2002. A member of the Nomination
Committee. A member of the Supervisory Board of
Euronext NV. Senior adviser to Fleming Family and
Partners. Former Chairman of London International
Financial Futures and Options Exchange and Gerrard
Group plc. A former non-executive Director of the
Financial Services Authority and of the Court of The
Bank of Ireland.
*Non-executive Director
†Independent non-executive Director
Adviser to the Board
D J Shaw
Age 58. An Adviser to the Board since 1998. Solicitor.
A partner in Norton Rose from 1973 to 1998. A
Director of The Bank of Bermuda Limited and HSBC
Private Banking Holdings (Suisse) S.A.
Secretary
R G Barber
Age 54. Group Company Secretary since 1990. Joined
HSBC in 1980; Corporation Secretary of The
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
from 1986 to 1992. Company Secretary of HSBC Bank
plc from 1994 to 1996.
Group Managing Directors
C-H Filippi
Age 52. A Group Managing Director and Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of CCF S.A. since
1 March 2004. A Director of HSBC Bank plc. Joined
CCF S.A. in 1987 having previously held senior
appointments in the French civil service. Appointed a
Group General Manager in 2001 as Global Head of
Corporate and Institutional Banking.
S T Gulliver
Age 45. A Group Managing Director since
1 March 2004. Co-Head Corporate, Investment
Banking and Markets since 2003. Joined HSBC in
1980. Appointed a Group General Manager in 2000.
Head of Treasury and Capital Markets in Asia-Pacific
from 1996 to 2002 and Head of Global Markets from
2002 to 2003.
Y A Nasr
Age 50. A Group Managing Director since
1 March 2004. President, HSBC Bank Brasil S.A. -
Banco Múltiplo since 2003. Joined HSBC in 1976.
Appointed a Group General Manager in 1998.
President and Chief Executive Officer of HSBC USA
Inc. and HSBC Bank USA from 1999 to 2003.
President and Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Bank
Canada from 1997 to 1999.
J J Studzinski
Age 48. A Group Managing Director since 1 March
2004. Co-Head Corporate, Investment Banking and
Markets since 2003. Joined HSBC in 2003 having
previously been with Morgan Stanley from 1980 to
2003, most recently as Deputy Chairman of Morgan
Stanley International. Appointed a Group General
Manager in 2003.
Group General Managers
R J Arena
Age 56. Group General Manager, Global e-business.
Joined HSBC in 1999. Appointed a Group General
Manager in 2000.
C C R Bannister
Age 46. Chief Executive Officer, Group Private
Banking. Joined HSBC in 1994. Appointed a Group
General Manager in 2001.