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HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Report of the Directors: Corporate Governance (continued)
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S Assaf, 51
Chief Executive, Global Banking and Markets
Joined HSBC in 1994. A Group Managing Director
since 1 January 2011. A director of HSBC Bank
Egypt S.A.E and a director of HSBC Trinkaus &
Burkhardt AG since 7 June 2011. Former HSBC
appointments include: Head of Global Markets; and
Head of Global Markets for Europe, Middle East and
Africa. Ceased to be a director of HSBC Global
Asset Management Limited on 24 June 2011.
R E T Bennett, 60
Group General Counsel
Joined HSBC in 1979. A Group Managing Director
since 3 May 2011. A director of HSBC IM Pension
Trust Limited. Former HSBC appointments include:
Group General Manager, Legal & Compliance; and
Head of Legal & Compliance, Asia Pacific.
A M Keir, 53
Global Head of Commercial Banking
Joined HSBC in 1981. A Group Managing Director
since 1 January 2011. Former HSBC appointments
include: Group General Manager, Commercial
Banking, Europe; and Global Co-Head, Global
Commercial Banking. Ceased to be a director of
HSBC Bank Polska S.A on 30 March 2011 and of
HSBC Bank A.S. on 1 April 2011.
S A Levey, 48
Chief Legal Officer
Joined HSBC on 13 January 2012. A Group
Managing Director since 18 January 2012. Former
appointments include: Under Secretary for Terrorism
and Financial Intelligence in the US Department of
Treasury; Senior Fellow for National Security and
Financial Integrity at the Council on Foreign
Relations; Principal Associate Deputy Attorney
General at the U.S. Department of Justice; Partner
at Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin LLP and Baker
Botts LLP.
M M Moses, 54
Group Chief Risk Officer
Joined HSBC in 2005. A Group Managing Director
since December 2010. A director of HSBC Insurance
(Bermuda) Limited. Former HSBC appointments
include: Chief Financial and Risk Officer, Global
Banking and Markets.
S P O’Sullivan, 56
Group Chief Operating Officer
Joined HSBC in 1980. A Group Managing Director
since 1 August 2011. Former HSBC appointments
include: Chief Operating Officer of HSBC Bank
Canada; Chairman of HSBC Securities (Canada)
Inc.; and Group Chief Technology and Services
Officer. Ceased to be Chairman of HSBC Trust
Company (UK) Limited on 24 March 2011.
Ceased to be a director of HSBC Bank plc and
Marks and Spencer Financial Services plc on
31 January 2011 and of HFC Bank Limited on
24 February 2011.
B Robertson, 57
Chief Executive, HSBC Bank plc
Joined HSBC in 1975. A Group Managing Director
since 2008. Chairman of HSBC Life (UK) Limited.
Former HSBC appointments include: Group Chief
Risk Officer; Group General Manager, Group Credit
and Risk; and Head of Global Banking and Markets
for North America.
P A Thurston, 58
Chief Executive, Retail Banking and Wealth
Management
Joined HSBC in 1975. A Group Managing Director
since 2008. A director of HSBC Private Banking
Holdings (Suisse) SA since 21 March 2011 and of
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Limited since 20 April 2011. Former HSBC
appointments include: Chief Executive of HSBC
Bank plc and Chairman of HSBC Life (UK)
Limited. Ceased to be a director of HSBC Bank plc
on 31 December 2011.
P T S Wong, 60
Chief Executive, The Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation Limited
Joined HSBC in 2005. A Group Managing Director
since February 2010. Appointed chairman of HSBC
Bank (China) Company Limited on 17 June 2011.
Chairman of HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad and Vice
Chairman of HSBC Bank (Vietnam) Ltd. A non-
executive director of Hang Seng Bank Limited, Bank
of Communications Co., Ltd and Ping An Insurance
(Group) Company of China, Ltd. An independent
non-executive director of Cathay Pacific Airways
Limited. Ceased to be a director of HSBC Bank
Australia Limited on 1 February 2011.