HSBC 2005 Annual Report Download - page 186

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Board of Directors and Senior Management
184
Directors
Sir John Bond, Group Chairman
(retiring on 26 May 2006)
Age 64. An executive Director since 1990; Group
Chief Executive from 1993 to 1998. Joined HSBC in
1961; a non-executive Director of The Hongkong and
Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, having been
an executive Director from 1988 to 1992. A Director of
HSBC North America Holdings Inc. A Director of
HSBC Bank plc from 1993 to 1997 and Chairman
from 1998 to 2004. A non-executive Director of Ford
Motor Company and of Vodafone Group Plc.
Chairman of the Mayor of Shanghai’s International
Business Leaders’ Advisory Council.
*The Baroness Dunn, DBE, Deputy Chairman and
senior non-executive Director
Age 66. An executive Director of John Swire & Sons
Limited and a Director of Swire Pacific Limited. A
non-executive Director since 1990 and a non-executive
Deputy Chairman since 1992. A member of the
Nomination Committee. A non-executive Director of
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Limited from 1981 to 1996. A member of the Asia
Task Force. A 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 67. Former Chairman of Corus Group plc. A non-
executive Director since 1998 and a non-executive
Deputy Chairman since 2001. Chairman of the Group
Audit Committee and of the Nomination Committee. A
member of the Court of the Bank of England. A non-
executive Director of Macsteel Global BV.
S K Green, Group Chief Executive,
(Group Chairman designate)
Age 57. An executive Director since 1998. Executive
Director, Corporate, Investment Banking and Markets
from 1998 to 2003. Joined HSBC in 1982. Group
Treasurer from 1992 to 1998. Chairman of HSBC
Bank plc, HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, HSBC
Bank USA, N.A., HSBC Group Investment Businesses
Limited, HSBC Private Banking Holdings (Suisse)
S.A., and HSBC USA Inc. A Director of The Bank of
Bermuda Limited, HSBC France, The Hongkong and
Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Grupo
Financiero HSBC, S.A. de C.V., HSBC North America
Holdings Inc. and HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt
KGaA.
A W Jebson, Group Chief Operating Officer
(retiring on 26 May 2006)
Age 56. An executive Director since 2000. Group IT
Director from 2000 to 2003. Group General Manager,
Information Technology from 1996 to 2000. Joined
HSBC in 1978. A Director of HSBC Finance
Corporation.
†The Rt Hon the Lord Butler of Brockwell,
KG, GCB, CVO
Age 68. Master, University College, Oxford. A non-
executive Director since 1998. Chairman of the
Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, a member
of the Nomination Committee and Chairman of the
HSBC Education Trust. A non-executive Director of
Imperial Chemical Industries plc. A member of the
International Advisory Board of Marsh McLennan Inc.
Chaired the UK Government Review of Intelligence on
Weapons of Mass Destruction. 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 54. Chairman of CDC Corporation and of its
subsidiary, China.com Inc. A non-executive Director
since 1998. A member of the Group Audit Committee.
Non-executive Chairman of HSBC Private Equity
(Asia) Limited and a non-executive Director of The
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
since 1997. Non-executive Chairman of MTR
Corporation Limited and a non-executive Director of
Convenience Retail Asia Limited, Inchcape plc, VTech
Holdings Limited and The Wharf (Holdings) Limited.
†J D Coombe
Age 60. Former executive Director and Chief Financial
Officer of GlaxoSmithKline plc. A non-executive
Director since 1 March 2005. A member of the Group
Audit Committee since 1 July 2005. Appointed a
member of the Remuneration Committee with effect
from 1 June 2006. A non-executive Director of the
Supervisory Board of Siemens AG and a non-
executive Director of GUS plc. A member of The Code
Committee of the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers. A
trustee of the Royal Academy Trust. A former
Chairman of The Hundred Group of Finance Directors
and a former member of the Accounting Standards
Board.
†R A Fairhead
Age 44. Finance Director of Pearson plc. A non-
executive Director since March 2004. A member of the
Group Audit Committee. A non-executive Director of