HSBC 2001 Annual Report Download - page 129

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Board of Directors and Senior Management
127
Directors
Sir John Bond, Group Chairman
Age 60. An executive Director since 1990; Group
Chief Executive from 1993 to 1998. Joined HSBC in
1961; an executive Director of The Hongkong and
Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited from 1988 to
1992. Chairman of HSBC Bank plc, HSBC USA
Inc., HSBC Bank USA and HSBC Bank Middle East
and a Director of The Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation Limited. Chairman of the
Institute of International Finance and a Director of
Ford Motor Company. A member of the Court of the
Bank of England.
*The Baroness Dunn, DBE, Deputy Chairman
and senior non-executive Director
Age 62. Executive Director of John Swire & Sons
Limited and a Director of Swire Pacific Limited and
Marconi p.l.c. A non-executive Director since 1990
and a non-executive Deputy Chairman since 1992.
A non-executive Director of The Hongkong and
Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited from 1981
to 1996. Former Senior Member of the Hong Kong
Executive Council and Legislative Council.
†Sir Brian Moffat, OBE, Deputy Chairman and
senior independent non-executive Director
Age 63. Chairman of Corus Group plc. A non-
executive Director since 1998. A member of the
Court of the Bank of England and a non-executive
Director of Enterprise Oil plc.
K R Whitson
Age 58. Group Chief Executive. An executive
Director since 1994. A Director of HSBC Bank plc
since 1992, Chief Executive from 1994 to 1998 and
Deputy Chairman since 1998. Joined HSBC in
1961. Chairman of Merrill Lynch HSBC Limited,
HSBC Bank A.S. and Deputy Chairman of the
Supervisory Board of HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt
KGaA. A Director of The Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation Limited, HSBC USA Inc. and
HSBC Bank Canada. A non-executive Director of
the Financial Services Authority.
†The Lord Butler, GCB, CVO
Age 64. Master, University College, Oxford and a
non-executive Director of Imperial Chemical
Industries plc. A non-executive Director since 1998.
Chairman of HSBC in the Community Advisory
Panel. Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the
Home Civil Service in the United Kingdom from
1988 to 1998.
†R K F Ch’ien, CBE
Age 50. Executive Chairman of chinadotcom
corporation and its subsidiary, hongkong.com
corporation. A non-executive Director since 1998.
Chairman of HSBC Private Equity (Asia) Limited
and a Director of MTR Corporation Limited,
Inchcape plc and Inmarsat Ventures Plc. A member
of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong SAR.
Chairman of the Hong Kong/Japan Business Co-
operation Committee and the Advisory Committee
on Corruption of the Independent Commission
Against Corruption. A non-executive Director of The
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Limited since 1997.
C F W de Croisset
Age 58. An executive Director since 2000. Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Commercial
de France S.A. Joined Crédit Commercial de France
S.A. in 1980 having previously held senior
appointments in the French civil service. A Director
of HSBC Bank plc.
W R P Dalton
Age 58. An executive Director since 1998. Director
and Chief Executive of HSBC Bank plc since 1998.
Joined HSBC in 1980. President and Chief Executive
Officer, HSBC Bank Canada from 1992 to 1997.
Deputy Chairman of Merrill Lynch HSBC Limited
and a Director of Crédit Commercial de France S.A.,
HSBC Investment Bank Holdings plc, HSBC Private
Banking Holdings (Suisse) S.A. and HSBC Bank
Malta p.l.c. Vice-President of the Chartered Institute
of Bankers. A non-executive Director of MasterCard
International Inc. and a non-executive Director and
Chairman of Young Enterprise Limited.
D G Eldon
Age 56. An executive Director since 1999. Joined
HSBC in 1968. Appointed an executive Director and
Chief Executive Officer of The Hongkong and
Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited in 1996;
Chairman since 1999. Non-executive Chairman of
Hang Seng Bank Limited and a non-executive
Director of Swire Pacific Limited and MTR
Corporation Limited.