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HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Report of the Directors: Corporate Governance (continued)
Directors
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J D Coombe†, 66
Chairman of the Group Audit Committee and
member of the Group Risk Committee and Group
Remuneration Committee.
Skills and experience: a background in
international business, financial accounting and the
pharmaceutical industry; formerly Chief Financial
Officer of GlaxoSmithKline with responsibility for
the group’s financial operations globally. Fellow of
the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England
and Wales.
Appointed to the Board: 2005
Current appointments include: non-executive
Chairman of Hogg Robinson Group plc; a non-
executive director of Home Retail Group plc; and a
council member of The Royal Academy of Arts.
Former appointments include: executive director
and Chief Financial Officer of GlaxoSmithKline plc;
non-executive director of GUS plc; a member of the
Supervisory Board of Siemens AG; Chairman of The
Hundred Group of Finance Directors; and a member
of the Accounting Standards Board.
J Faber†, 61
Member of the Group Risk Committee from 1 March
2012.
Skills and experience: a background in banking and
asset management with significant international
experience, having worked in Germany, Tokyo, New
York and London; former Chief Executive Officer of
Allianz Global Investors AG and a member of the
management board of Allianz SE until 31 December
2011; 14 years experience with Citigroup Inc.
holding positions in Trading and Project Finance and
as Head of Capital Markets for Europe, North
America and Japan. Has a doctorate from the
University of Administrative Sciences in Speyer.
Appointed to the Board: from 1 March 2012
Current appointments include: Chairman of Joh
A. Benckiser SARL and Chair of the Investment
Board of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche
Wissenschaft; independent director of Deutsche
Bőrse AG, Coty Inc.; a member of the advisory
board of the Siemens Group Pension Board, and
the boards of management of Deutsche Krebshilfe
and the European School for Management and
Technology; and a member of the Berlin Centre for
Corporate Governance, the German Council for
Sustainable Development and Allianz Climate
Solutions.
Former appointments include: Chairman of
Allianz Global Investors Kapitalanlagegesellschaft
and Allianz Global Investors Deutschland GmbH;
Chairman of the board of management of Allianz
Global Investors Italia SGR SpA; a member of the
advisory board of Allianz SpA; and a member of the
supervisory board of Bayerische Boerse AG.
R A Fairhead†, CBE, 50
Chairman of the Group Risk Committee and member
of the Group Audit Committee and Nomination
Committee.
Skills and experience: a background in international
industry, publishing, finance and general
management; formerly Finance Director of Pearson
plc with responsibility for overseeing the day-to-day
running of the finance function and directly
responsible for global financial reporting and
control, tax and treasury. Has a Master’s in Business
Administration from the Harvard Business School.
Appointed to the Board: 2004
Current appointments include: Chairman, Chief
Executive Officer and a director of Financial Times
Group Limited. A director of Pearson plc and a non-
executive director of The Economist Newspaper
Limited; and a non-executive member of the board
of the UK Government’s Cabinet Office.
Former appointments include: Executive Vice
President, Strategy and Group Control of Imperial
Chemical Industries plc; Finance Director of Pearson
plc; and Chairman and a director of Interactive Data
Corporation.
A A Flockhart, CBE, 60
Chairman, Europe, Middle East, Latin America,
Commercial Banking
Skills and experience: a career banker, being an
emerging markets specialist with over 35 years’
experience with HSBC in Latin America, the Middle
East, US and Asia; honoured with a CBE in
recognition of his services to British business and
charitable services and institutions in Mexico. Joined
HSBC in 1974.
Appointed to the Board: 2008
Current appointments include: Chairman of HSBC
Bank plc since 1 January 2011 and a director of
HSBC Bank Middle East Limited since 7 July 2011;
Chairman of HSBC Latin America Holdings (UK)
Limited; a director of HSBC Bank Australia Limited;
and a member of the Group Management Board.