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Report of the Directors: Governance (continued)
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from 2002 to 2003. Head of Treasury and Capital
Markets in Asia-Pacific from 1996 to 2002.
Mr Gulliver is a career banker with over 28
years’ international experience with HSBC. He has
held a number of key roles in the Group’s operations
worldwide, including in London, Hong Kong,
Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur and the United Arab Emirates.
Global Banking and Markets is the wholesale
banking division of the Group with operations in
more than 60 countries and territories.
† J W J Hughes-Hallett, SBS
Age 59. Chairman of John Swire & Sons Limited. A
non-executive Director since 2005. A member of the
Group Audit Committee and of the Nomination
Committee. A non-executive Director of The
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Limited from 1999 to 2004. A non-executive
Director and former Chairman of Cathay Pacific
Airways Limited and Swire Pacific Limited. A
director of China Festival 2008. A trustee of the
Dulwich Picture Gallery and the Esmée Fairbairn
Foundation. A member of The Hong Kong
Association, the Governing Body of the School of
Oriental and African Studies, University of London
and of the Governing Board of the Courtauld
Institute of Art. Awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star
by the Hong Kong Government in 2008.
Mr Hughes-Hallett brings to the Board a
background in financial accounting and the
management of a broad range of businesses in a
number of international industries, including
aviation, property, manufacturing and trading, in the
United Kingdom, Far East and Australia. He is a
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in
England and Wales.
† W S H Laidlaw
Age 53. Chief Executive Officer of Centrica plc. A
non-executive Director since 1 January 2008. A
member of the Remuneration Committee. Former
appointments include: Executive Vice President of
Chevron Corporation; independent non-executive
Director of Hanson PLC; Chief Executive Officer
of Enterprise Oil plc; and President and Chief
Operating Officer of Amerada Hess Corporation.
Mr Laidlaw brings to the Board significant
international experience, particularly in the energy
sector, having had responsibility for businesses in
four continents.
† J R Lomax
Age 63. Former Deputy Governor, Monetary
Stability, at the Bank of England and member of
the Monetary Policy Committee. A non-executive
Director since 1 December 2008. A member of
the Group Audit Committee since 1 March 2009.
A non-executive director of The Scottish American
Investment Company PLC. Former appointments
include: Director of the Bank of England from 2003
to 30 June 2008; Serving as Permanent Secretary at
the UK Government Departments for Transport and
Work and Pensions and at the Welsh Office; and
Vice President and Chief of Staff to the President of
the World Bank from 1995 to 1996.
Ms Lomax brings to the Board business
experience in both the public and private sectors and
a deep knowledge of the operation of the UK
government and the financial system.
† Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, KCMG
Age 68. Chairman of Anglo American plc. A non-
executive Director since 2001. Chairman of the
Remuneration Committee and a member of the
Corporate Sustainability Committee. A non-
executive Director of Accenture Limited and Saudi
Aramco. Chairman of the Global Business Coalition
on HIV/AIDS and the Global Compact Foundation.
Former appointments include: Director and
Chairman of The ‘Shell’ Transport and Trading
Company, plc; Chairman of the Committee of
Managing Directors of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group
of Companies; and a Governor of Nuffield Hospitals.
Sir Mark brings to the Board many years’
experience of leading global organisations and
of having worked during his career in nine
countries. He works with many non-governmental
organisations to improve companies’ commitment to
socially responsible activities. He is a member of the
steering committee responsible for driving the global
governance initiative of the World Economic Forum,
an independent foundation committed to developing
a world-class corporate governance system.
† G Morgan
Age 63. Non-executive chairman of SNC-Lavalin
Group Inc. A non-executive Director since 2006. A
member of the Remuneration Committee. A member
of the Board of Trustees of The Fraser Institute and
the Manning Centre for Building Democracy. A non-
executive Director of HSBC Bank Canada from
1996 to 2006. Former appointments include:
Founding President, Chief Executive Officer and
Vice Chairman of EnCana Corporation; Director of
Alcan Inc. and Lafarge North America, Inc.