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HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Report of the Directors: Corporate Governance (continued)
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Former appointments include: Deputy Governor,
Monetary Stability, at the Bank of England and a
member of the Monetary Policy Committee;
Permanent Secretary at the UK Government
Departments for Transport and Work and Pensions
and the Welsh Office; and Vice President and Chief
of Staff to the President of the World Bank.
I J Mackay, 50
Group Finance Director
Skills and experience: extensive financial and
international experience, having worked in London,
Paris, US and Asia. Member of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Joined HSBC
in 2007.
Appointed to the Board: 2010
Current appointments include: member of the
Group Management Board.
Former appointments include: director of Hang
Seng Bank Limited; Chief Financial Officer, Asia
Pacific; and Chief Financial Officer, HSBC North
America Holdings Inc; Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of GE Consumer Finance and Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of GE
Healthcare – Global Diagnostic Imaging.
G Morgan†, CM, 66
Member of the Group Remuneration Committee.
Skills and experience: a background in technical,
operational, financial and management positions
leading large international companies in the energy
and engineering sectors; has been recognised as
Canada’s most respected Chief Executive Officer in
a national poll of Chief Executives; a business
columnist for Canada’s largest national newspaper;
appointed a Member of the Order of Canada for his
contributions as a business and community leader
and as a philanthropist.
Appointed to the Board: 2006. Will retire from the
Board with effect from the conclusion of the 2012
Annual General Meeting.
Current appointments include: non-executive
Chairman of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc, a member of
the Board of Trustees of The Fraser Institute and a
director of the Manning Centre for Building
Democracy.
Former appointments include: non-executive
director of HSBC Bank Canada, Founding President,
Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of
EnCana Corporation; and a director of Alcan Inc.
and Lafarge North America, Inc.
N R N Murthy†, CBE, 65
Chairman of the Corporate Sustainability
Committee.
Skills and experience: experience in information
technology, corporate governance and education,
particularly in India; founded Infosys Limited in
India; was its Chief Executive Officer for 21 years;
under his leadership Infosys established a global
footprint and was listed on NASDAQ.
Appointed to the Board: 2008
Current appointments include: Chairman Emeritus
of Infosys Limited; a director of the United Nations
Foundation and Catamaran Management Services
Pvt. Ltd.
Former appointments include: former Chief
Executive Officer of Infosys Limited; a director of
Unilever plc and Unilever n.v.; and a non-executive
director of DBS Group Holdings Limited, DBS Bank
Limited and New Delhi Television Limited.
Sir Simon Robertson†, 70
Deputy Chairman and senior independent
non-executive Director
Chairman of the Nomination Committee.
Skills and experience: a background in international
corporate advisory with a wealth of experience in
mergers and acquisitions, merchant banking,
investment banking and financial markets; honoured
with a knighthood in recognition of his services to
business; extensive international experience having
worked in France, Germany, the UK and the US.
Appointed to the Board: 2006.
Current appointments include: non-executive
Chairman of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc since
23 February 2011, which became the holding
company of the Rolls-Royce group of companies
on 23 May 2011 as part of a group restructuring.
Chairman of Rolls-Royce Group plc, formerly the
holding company of the Rolls-Royce group of
companies, until 23 May 2011. The founding
member of Simon Robertson Associates LLP; a
non-executive director of Berry Bros. & Rudd
Limited, The Economist Newspaper Limited and
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Limited; a
partner of NewShore Partners LLP; and a trustee
of the Eden Project Trust and of the Royal Opera
House Endowment Fund.