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HSBC BANK PLC
Report of the Directors: Corporate Governance
94
Corporate Governance Report
The statement of corporate governance practices set out
on pages 94 to 102 and information incorporated by
reference constitutes the Corporate Governance Report
of HSBC Bank plc.
The Directors serving as at the date of this report are set
out below.
Directors
Jonathan Symonds, 55
Chairman and Independent non-executive
Director
Chairman of the Nominations and Remuneration
Committee.
Appointed to the Board: 14 April 2014
Jonathan is an independent non-executive director of
HSBC Holdings plc. He is Chairman of the Group Audit
Committee, a member of the Conduct & Values
Committee and was a member of the Group
Remuneration Committee from 14 April 2014 until 1
September 2014. He is Chairman of Innocoll AG and a
non-executive director of Genomics England Limited and
Proteus Digital Health Inc. Former appointments include:
a partner and managing director of Goldman Sachs; a
partner of KPMG; Chief Financial Officer of Novartis AG
and AstraZeneca plc; and a non-executive director and
Chairman of the Audit Committee of Diageo plc.
John Trueman, 72
Deputy Chairman and Independent non-
executive Director
Member of the Audit Committee, the Risk Committee and
the Chairman’s Nominations and Remuneration
Committee.
Appointed to the Board: 2004. Deputy Chairman since
December 2013.
John is Chairman of HSBC Private Bank (UK) Limited and
HSBC Global Asset Management Limited. He also serves
on certain global risk and audit committees within the
HSBC Group. Former appointments include: Deputy
Chairman of S.G. Warburg & Co Ltd.
Alan Keir, 56
Chief Executive
Chairman of the Executive Committee.
Appointed to the Board: October 2013
Alan joined HSBC in 1981. A Group Managing Director
since 2011. He is a director of HSBC Bank Middle East
Limited, HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG and HSBC
France. Alan is a member of the Advisory Council of
TheCityUK and the Advisory Board of Bradford University
School of Management. Former appointments include:
Global Head, Global Commercial Banking; director of
HSBC Bank A.S. and HSBC Bank Polska S.A.
Samir Assaf, 54
Appointed to the Board: 28 March 2014
Samir joined HSBC in 1994. A Group Managing Director
since 2011. Chief Executive, Global Banking and Markets,
HSBC Holdings plc. He is Chairman of the Global Financial
Markets Association and HSBC France and a director of
HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG. Former appointments
include: a director of HSBC Global Asset Management
Limited and HSBC Bank Egypt S.A.E.; Head of Global
Markets; and Head of Global Markets for Europe, Middle
East and Africa.
Simon Cooper, 47
Appointed to the Board: April 2013
Simon joined HSBC in 1989. A Group Managing Director
since October 2013. Chief Executive, Global Commercial
Banking, HSBC Holdings plc. Former appointments
include: Chairman of HSBC Bank Egypt S.A.E. and HSBC
Bank Oman; Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive of
HSBC Bank Middle East Limited; Chief Executive of HSBC
Korea; Head of Corporate and Investment Banking, HSBC
Singapore; and a director of The Saudi British Bank and
HSBC Bank Middle East Limited.
Dame Denise Holt, 65
Independent non-executive Director
Member of the Risk Committee.
Appointed to the Board: 2011
Denise is Chairman of Marks and Spencer Financial
Services plc, Marks and Spencer Savings and Investments
Limited and Marks & Spencer Unit Trust Management
Limited. She is a non-executive director of Iberdrola SA
and Nuffield Health. Former appointments include: a
senior British Ambassador with 40 years’ experience of
working in Government, including postings in Ireland,
Mexico, Brazil and Spain.
Simon Leathes, 67
Independent non-executive Director
Chairman of the Risk Committee and a member of the
Audit Committee and the Chairman’s Nominations and
Remuneration Committee.
Appointed to the Board: 2012
Simon is a director of HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG and
a member of its Audit and Risk Committees. He also
serves on certain global risk and audit committees with
the HSBC Group. He is Chairman of Assured Guaranty
(Europe) Limited and Assured Guaranty (UK) Limited and
a non-executive director of Assured Guaranty Limited
and HSB Engineering Insurance Limited. Former
appointments include: Vice Chairman of Barclays Capital
and Group Finance Director of S.G. Warburg Group plc.