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HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Report of the Directors: Governance (continued)
Board of Directors > The Board
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Nine Board meetings and a two-day strategy
meeting were held in 2010. At least one Board
meeting each year is held in a key strategic location
outside the UK. During 2010, a Board meeting was
held in Shanghai.
The table below shows each Director’s
attendance at meetings of the Board, Group Audit
Committee, Group Risk Committee, Nomination
Committee, Remuneration Committee and Corporate
Sustainability Committee held whilst he or she was a
Director or member of the relevant committee during
2010. Two meetings of the Board and of the
Remuneration Committee were held at short notice.
Not all Directors who were entitled to attend were
able to attend these meetings.
Eight meetings of other committees of the Board
appointed to discharge specific business were held
during 2010. These meetings are not shown in the
table below.
During 2010, the non-executive Directors and
the Group Chairman met three times without the
other executive Directors and the non-executive
Directors and Group Chairman and Group Chief
Executive met once without the other executive
Directors. The non-executive Directors also met
without the Group Chairman to appraise the Group
Chairman’s performance.
All those who were Directors at the time
attended the 2010 Annual General Meeting save for
V H C Cheng and J L Thornton.
Attendance record
Meetings attended in 2010
Board
Group Audit
Committee
Group Risk
Committee1
Nomination
Committee
Remu-
neration
Committee
Corporate
Sustainability
Committee
Number of meetings held ...................... 9 6 4 3 9 5
S A Catz ................................................. 8 – – – – –
V H C Cheng ......................................... 7 – – – – 1
2
M K T Cheung ....................................... 8 4
3 – – – –
J D Coombe ........................................... 9 6 4 – 9 –
J L Durán4 .............................................. 2 – – – – –
R A Fairhead .......................................... 8 5 3 2 – –
D J Flint ................................................. 9 – – –
5 – –
A A Flockhart ........................................ 9 – – – – –
W K L Fung6........................................... 4 – – – – 3
M F Geoghegan ..................................... 8 – – – – –
Lord Green7 ........................................... 8 – – 2 – –
S T Gulliver ........................................... 9 – – – – –
J W J Hughes-Hallett ............................. 8 2
8 2 3 – –
W S H Laidlaw ...................................... 9 – – – 9 –
J R Lomax .............................................. 8 6 4 – – –
I J Mackay9............................................. – – – – – –
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart10........................ 4 – – – 4 2
G Morgan ............................................... 7 – – – 6 –
N R N Murthy ........................................ 7 – – – – 5
Sir Simon Robertson .............................. 9 – – 3 – –
J L Thornton .......................................... 8 – – – 9 –
Sir Brian Williamson ............................. 8 – –
3 – –
1 All members appointed on 26 February 2010 when the Committee was established. All members eligible to attend 4 Committee
Meetings.
2 Appointed a member on 28 May 2010 – eligible to attend 2 Committee Meetings.
3 Appointed a member on 1 March 2010 – eligible to attend 4 Committee Meetings.
4 Retired as a Director on 28 May 2010 – eligible to attend 4 Board Meetings.
5 Appointed a member on 3 December 2010 – not eligible to attend any Committee Meetings.
6 Retired as a Director on 28 May 2010 – eligible to attend 4 Board Meetings and 3 Committee Meetings.
7 Appointed a member of the Nomination Committee on 26 February 2010 and retired as a Director on 3 December 2010 – eligible to
attend 8 Board Meetings and 2 Committee Meetings.
8 Ceased to be a member on 1 March 2010 – eligible to attend 2 Committee Meetings.
9 Appointed a Director on 3 December 2010 – eligible to attend one Board Meeting.
10 Retired as a Director on 28 May 2010 – eligible to attend 4 Board Meetings, 4 Remuneration Committee Meetings and 3 Corporate
Sustainability Committee Meetings.