HSBC 2008 Annual Report Download - page 288

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Report of the Directors: Governance (continued)
Biographies > Senior management
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Secretary
R G Barber
Age 58. Group Company Secretary. Appointed a
Group General Manager in 2006. Joined HSBC in
1980. Company Secretary of HSBC Holdings plc
since 1990. Chairman of the Disclosure Committee.
A member of the Listing Authority Advisory
Committee of the Financial Services Authority and
of the Primary Markets Group of the London Stock
Exchange. Corporation Secretary of The Hongkong
and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited from
1986 to 1992 and Company Secretary of HSBC
Bank plc from 1994 to 1996.
Adviser to the Board
D J Shaw
Age 62. An Adviser to the Board since 1998.
Solicitor. A former partner in Norton Rose. A
Director of The Bank of Bermuda Limited and
HSBC Private Banking Holdings (Suisse) SA. A
non-executive Director of Kowloon Development
Company Limited and Shui On Land Limited.
Group Managing Directors
A Almeida
Age 52. Group Head of Human Resources. A Group
Managing Director since 25 February 2008. Joined
HSBC in 1992. Appointed a Group General Manager
in June 2007. Global Head of Human Resources for
Global Banking and Markets, Private Banking,
Global Transaction Banking and HSBC Amanah
from 1996 to June 2007.
E Alonso
Age 53. Group Managing Director and Head of
HSBC Latin America and the Caribbean. A Group
Managing Director since 1 May 2008. Joined HSBC
in 1997. Appointed a Group General Manager in
2006. Chairman Grupo Financiero HSBC, S.A. de
C.V. and HSBC México, S.A., Institución de Banca
Múltiple, Grupo Financiero HSBC. Deputy Chief
Executive of HSBC Investment Bank Brasil S.A. –
Banco de Investimento. Director of HSBC Argentina
Holdings S.A. and HSBC Bank Brasil S.A. – Banco
Múltiplo. Managing Director of HSBC (Brasil)
Administradora de Consorcio Ltda. and HSBC
Serviços e Participaçoes Ltda. President of the Board
of Directors of HSBC Bank (Panamá) S.A.
C C R Bannister
Age 50. Group Managing Director, Insurance. A
Group Managing Director since 2006. Joined HSBC
in 1994. Chairman of HSBC Insurance Holdings
Limited and Director of HSBC Insurance Brokers
Limited since 16 January 2009. Chief Executive
Officer, HSBC Group Private Banking from 1998 to
2006. Deputy Chief Executive Officer, HSBC
Securities (USA) Inc. from 1996 to 1997.
K M Harvey
Age 48. Group Chief Technology and Services
Officer. A Group Managing Director since 1 October
2008. Joined HSBC Finance in 1989. Group Chief
Information Officer from 2004 to 30 September
2008. President of HSBC Technology and Services
(USA) Inc. from 2003 to 2004. Group Executive for
HSBC North America from 1993 to 2002. Managing
Director of Data Processing, HFC Bank Limited
from 1992 to 1993. Director of Banking Systems,
HSBC North America from 1990 to 1992.
A C Hungate
Age 42. Global Head of Personal Financial Services
and Marketing. Joined HSBC as a Group Managing
Director in September 2007. Chairman of HSBC
Bank A.S. since 6 January 2009. Formerly Managing
Director, Asia Pacific at Reuters. Worldwide Chief
Marketing Officer of Reuters between 2002 and
2005.
D D J John
Age 58. Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive,
HSBC Bank plc. A Group Managing Director since
2006. Joined HSBC Bank plc in 1971. Deputy Chief
Executive of HSBC Bank plc from 2005 to 2006 and
Chief Operating Officer from 2003 to 2005. Deputy
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Bank
Malaysia Berhad from 1999 to 2002.
B P McDonagh
Age 50. Chief Executive Officer, HSBC North
America Holdings Inc. A Group Managing Director
since 21 February 2008. Joined HSBC in 1979. A
Director of HSBC Bank Canada, HSBC Finance
Corporation, HSBC Latin America Holdings (UK)
Limited and HSBC North America Holdings Inc.
Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Finance Corporation
and Chief Operating Officer of HSBC North
America Holdings Inc. from February 2007 to
21 February 2008. Chief Operating Officer, HSBC
Bank USA, N.A. from 2004 to 2006.