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the Brookings Institution Board of Trustees. A non-
executive director of Ford Motor Company, Intel
Corporation, Inc., News Corporation, Inc. and China
Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited. A director of the
National Committee on United States-China
Relations and a Trustee of Asia Society, China
Institute, The China Foreign Affairs University, the
Palm Beach Civic Association and the United World
College of East Africa Trust. A member of the
Council on Foreign Relations, the China Securities
Regulatory Commission International Advisory
Committee and China Reform Forum International
Advisory Committee. Former appointments include:
a non-executive director of Industrial and
Commercial Bank of China Limited from 2005 until
2008; and President of the Goldman Sachs Group,
Inc. from 1999 until 2003.
Mr Thornton brings to the Board experience
that bridges developed and developing economies
and the public and private sectors. He has a deep
knowledge of financial services and education
systems, particularly in Asia. During his 23 year
career with Goldman Sachs, he played a key role in
the firm’s global development and was chairman of
Goldman Sachs Asia.
† Sir Brian Williamson, CBE
Age 65. Chairman of Electra Private Equity plc.
A non-executive Director since 2002. A member of
the Nomination Committee, having served as
chairman of the Committee until 26 February 2010.
A director of NYSE Euronext and Climate Exchange
plc. Former appointments include: chairman of
London International Financial Futures and Options
Exchange and Gerrard Group plc; and a non-
executive director of Resolution plc, the Financial
Services Authority and the Court of The Bank of
Ireland.
Sir Brian brings to the Board extensive
experience in money and bond markets, private
equity, futures, options and commodities trading
internationally. He established the London
International Financial Futures and Options
Exchange in the 1980s and led the Exchange’s
development of its electronic trading platform in
the mid-1990s. He is a member of the Guild of
International Bankers.
* Non-executive Director
† Independent non-executive Director
Secretary
R G Barber
Age 59. Group Company Secretary. Appointed a
Group General Manager in 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 63. An Adviser to the Board since 1998.
Solicitor. A former partner in Norton Rose. A
director of The Bank of Bermuda Limited and
HSBC Private Banking Holdings (Suisse) SA. An
independent non-executive director of Kowloon
Development Company Limited and Shui On Land
Limited.
Group Managing Directors
A Almeida
Age 53. Group Head of Human Resources. A Group
Managing Director since February 2008. Joined
HSBC in 1992. Appointed a Group General Manager
in 2007. Global Head of Human Resources for
Global Banking and Markets, Private Banking,
Global Transaction Banking and HSBC Amanah
from 1996 to 2007.
E Alonso
Age 54. Group Managing Director and Head of
HSBC Latin America and the Caribbean. A Group
Managing Director since May 2008. Joined HSBC in
1997. Appointed a Group General Manager in 2006.
Chairman Grupo Financiero HSBC, S.A. de C.V. and
HSBC México, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple,
Grupo Financiero HSBC. Deputy Chief Executive of
HSBC Investment Bank Brasil S.A. – Banco de
Investimento. A director of HSBC Latin America
Holdings (UK) Limited, HSBC Argentina Holdings
S.A. and HSBC Bank Brasil S.A. – Banco Múltiplo.
Managing Director of HSBC (Brasil)
Administradora de Consorcio Ltda. and HSBC
Serviços e Participaçoes Ltda. President of the Board
of Directors of HSBC Bank (Panamá) S.A.