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and Chairman of Interactive Data Corporation.
A non-executive Director of The Economist
Newspaper Limited. Former appointments include:
Executive Vice President, Strategy and Group
Control of Imperial Chemical Industries plc; and
Finance Director of Pearson plc.
Mrs Fairhead brings to the Board a wealth of
experience in international industry, publishing,
finance and general management. As the former
Finance Director of Pearson plc she oversaw the day
to day running of the finance function and was
directly responsible for global financial reporting
and control, tax and treasury. She has a Masters in
Business Administration from the Harvard Business
School.
D J Flint, CBE, Group Finance Director
Age 53. Joined HSBC as an executive Director in
1995. Chairman of HSBC Finance Corporation and a
Director of HSBC North America Holdings Inc. A
non-executive Director of BP p.l.c. and a member of
the Consultative Committee of the Large Business
Advisory Board of HM Revenue & Customs and
the Business Government Forum on Tax and
Globalisation. Co-Chairman of the Counterparty
Risk Management Policy Group III. Chaired the
Financial Reporting Council’s review of the
Turnbull Guidance on Internal Control. Served on
the Accounting Standards Board and the Standards
Advisory Council of the International Accounting
Standards Board from 2001 to 2004. A former
partner in KPMG.
Mr Flint has extensive financial experience
particularly in banking, multinational financial
reporting, treasury and securities trading operations.
In 2006 he was honoured with a CBE in recognition
of his services to the finance industry. He is a
member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
of Scotland and the Association of Corporate
Treasurers and he is a Fellow of The Chartered
Institute of Management Accountants.
A A Flockhart, CBE
Age 57. Chief Executive Officer of The Hongkong
and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and
Global Head of Commercial Banking. An executive
Director since 1 May 2008. Joined HSBC in 1974.
Appointed a Group Managing Director in 2006.
Appointed Vice Chairman and a Director of HSBC
Bank (Vietnam) Limited on 24 November 2008. A
Director of Hang Seng Bank Limited, HSBC Bank
Australia Limited, HSBC Bank (China) Company
Limited and Chairman of HSBC Bank Malaysia
Berhad. President and Group Managing Director
Latin America and the Caribbean from 2006 to July
2007. Chief Executive Officer, Mexico from 2002 to
2006. Senior Executive Vice-President, Commercial
Banking, HSBC Bank USA, N.A. from 1999 to
2002. Managing Director of The Saudi British Bank
from 1997 to 1999.
Mr Flockhart is a career banker, being an
emerging markets specialist with over 30 years’
experience with HSBC across Latin America, the
Middle East and Asia. In 2007 he was honoured with
a CBE in recognition of his services to British
business and charitable services and institutions in
Mexico.
* W K L Fung, SBS, OBE
Age 60. Group Managing Director of Li & Fung
Limited. A non-executive Director since 1998.
Chairman of the Corporate Sustainability
Committee. Non-executive Deputy Chairman of
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Limited. A non-executive Director of Integrated
Distribution Services Group Limited, Convenience
Retail Asia Limited and an independent non-
executive Director of Shui On Land Limited and
VTech Holdings Limited. Former appointments
include: non-executive Director of Bank of
Communications; Chairman of the Hong Kong
General Chamber of Commerce; the Hong Kong
Exporters’ Association; and the Hong Kong
Committee for the Pacific Economic Cooperation
Council. Awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star by the
Hong Kong Government in 2008.
Mr Fung brings to the Board 30 years’
experience in running a major international
conglomerate specialising in supply chain
management through the borderless manufacturing
of global consumer products. During his leadership
the family business of Li & Fung has become one of
the largest trading companies in Hong Kong with
over 80 offices worldwide.
S T Gulliver
Age 49. Chief Executive of Global Banking and
Markets and HSBC Global Asset Management. An
executive Director since 1 May 2008. Joined HSBC
in 1980. Appointed a Group Managing Director in
2004. Chairman of HSBC France. A Director of
HSBC Bank plc, HSBC North America Holdings
Inc., HSBC Private Banking Holdings (Suisse) SA
and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation Limited. Deputy Chairman and member
of the Supervisory Board of HSBC Trinkaus &
Burkhardt AG. Co-Head of Global Banking and
Markets from 2003 to 2006. Head of Global Markets