HSBC 2007 Annual Report Download - page 294

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Report of the Directors: Governance (continued)
Biographies > Senior Management
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London, and Chairman of the committee advising
the Council on the College Fund. An advisor to the
Investment Committee of the Royal Marsden NHS
Foundation Trust.
† S M Robertson, senior independent non-executive
Director
Age 66. Non-executive Chairman of Rolls-Royce
Group plc and the founder member of Simon
Robertson Associates LLP. A non-executive
Director since January 2006 and senior independent
non-executive Director since 25 May 2007. A
member of the Nomination Committee. A non-
executive Director of Berry Bros. & Rudd Limited,
The Economist Newspaper Limited and The Royal
Opera House Covent Garden Limited. Chairman of
Trustees of Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust. A
trustee of the Eden Project and of the Royal Opera
House Endowment Fund. A former Managing
Director of Goldman Sachs International. Former
Chairman of Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and a
former non-executive Director of Inchcape plc,
Invensys plc and the London Stock Exchange.
† Sir Brian Williamson, CBE
Age 63. Chairman of Electra Private Equity plc. A
non-executive Director since 2002. Chairman of the
Nomination Committee. A non-executive Director of
Resolution plc. A member of the Supervisory Board
of Euronext NV. A Director of Climate Exchange
plc. A senior adviser to Fleming Family and
Partners. Former Chairman of London International
Financial Futures and Options Exchange, Gerrard
Group plc and Resolution Life Group Limited. 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
Secretary
R G Barber
Age 57. Group Company Secretary. Appointed a
Group General Manager in October 2006. Joined
HSBC in 1980. Company Secretary of HSBC
Holdings plc since 1990. Chairman of the Disclosure
Committee. A member of the Listing Authority
Advisory Committee of the Financial Services
Authority and of the Primary Markets Group of the
London Stock Exchange. Corporation Secretary of
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Limited from 1986 to 1992 and Company Secretary
of HSBC Bank plc from 1994 to 1996.
Adviser to the Board
D J Shaw
Age 61. 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,
HSBC Private Banking Holdings (Suisse) SA. A
non-executive Director of Kowloon Development
Company Limited and Shui On Land Limited.
Group Managing Directors
A Almeida
Age 51. Group Head of Human Resources. A Group
Managing Director since 25 February 2008. Joined
HSBC in 1992. Appointed a Group General Manager
on 18 June 2007. Global Head of Human Resources
for Global Banking and Markets, Group Private
Banking, Global Transaction Banking and HSBC
Amanah, from 1996 to June 2007.
C C R Bannister
Age 49. Group Managing Director, Insurance. A
Group Managing Director since August 2006. Joined
HSBC in 1994. Appointed a Group General Manager
in 2001. Chairman of HSBC Insurance Holdings
Limited since November 2006. Deputy Chief
Executive Officer, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. from
1996 to 1997 and Chief Executive Officer, Group
Private Banking from 1998 to November 2006.
A A Flockhart, CBE
Appointed an executive Director with effect from
1 May 2008. See page 290.
S T Gulliver
Appointed an executive Director with effect from
1 May 2008. See page 291.
D H Hodgkinson
Age 57. Group Chief Operating Officer. A Group
Managing Director since May 2006 and Director of
The Bank of Bermuda Limited since May 2006.
Chairman of HSBC Bank Middle East Limited since
July 2006. Joined HSBC in 1969. Appointed a
Group General Manager in 2003. Managing Director
of The Saudi British Bank from 1999 to 2003.
Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
HSBC Bank Middle East Limited from 2003 to
May 2006.