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Former appointments include: Chairman, Personal
and Commercial Banking; Chief Executive Officer
of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation Limited; a director of HSBC Bank
(China) Company Limited and Hang Seng Bank
Limited, vice-chairman and a director of HSBC
Bank (Vietnam) Limited; Chairman, HSBC Bank
Malaysia Berhad; Chairman, President and Group
Managing Director, Latin America and the
Caribbean; Chief Executive Officer, Mexico; Senior
Executive Vice-President, Commercial Banking,
HSBC Bank USA, N.A.; Managing Director of The
Saudi British Bank.
J W J Hughes-Hallett†, SBS, 62
Member of the Group Risk Committee and
Nomination Committee.
Skills and experience: a background in financial
accounting and experience of management of
a broad range of international businesses,
including aviation, insurance, property, shipping,
manufacturing and trading in the Far East, UK, US
and Australia; awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star by
the Hong Kong Government. Fellow of the Institute
of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Appointed to the Board: 2005
Current appointments include: Chairman of John
Swire & Sons Limited; non-executive director of
Cathay Pacific Airways Limited and Swire Pacific
Limited; a trustee of the Dulwich Picture Gallery and
the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation; a member of The
Hong Kong Association and the Governing Board of
the Courtauld Institute of Art.
Former appointments include: non-executive
director of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation Limited.
W S H Laidlaw†, 56
Member of the Group Remuneration Committee.
Skills and experience: significant international
experience, particularly in the energy sector, having
had responsibility for businesses in four continents.
Qualified Solicitor and Master’s in Business
Administration from INSEAD.
Appointed to the Board: 2008
Current appointments include: Chief Executive
Officer of Centrica plc; a member of the UK Prime
Minister’s Business Advisory Group; and the Lead
Non-executive Board Member of the Department for
Transport.
Former appointments include: Executive Vice
President of Chevron Corporation; a non-executive
director of Hanson PLC; Chief Executive Officer of
Enterprise Oil plc; and President and Chief
Operating Officer of Amerada Hess Corporation.
J P Lipsky†, 65
Member of the Group Risk Committee from 1 March
2012.
Skills and experience: international experience
having worked in Chile, New York, Washington and
London and interacted with financial institutions,
central banks and governments in many countries;
served at the International Monetary Fund as First
Deputy Managing Director, Acting Managing
Director from 14 May 2011 and as Special Advisor
from 1 September 2011 until retirement on
11 November 2011. Has a PhD from Stanford
University.
Appointed to the Board: from 1 March 2012
Current appointments include: Distinguished
Visiting Scholar, International Economics Program
at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced
International Studies, Johns Hopkins University;
co-director of the Aspen Institute Program on the
Global Economy; director of the National Bureau of
Economic Research; a member of the advisory board
of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy
Research and the Council on Foreign Relations.
Former appointments include: Vice Chairman J P
Morgan Investment Bank; director of the American
Council on Germany and the Japan Society; and a
trustee of the Economic Club of New York.
J R Lomax†, 66
Member of the Group Audit Committee and Group
Risk Committee.
Skills and experience: experience in both the public
and private sectors and a deep knowledge of the
operation of the UK government and financial
system.
Appointed to the Board: 2008
Current appointments include: non-executive
director of The Scottish American Investment
Company PLC, Reinsurance Group of America Inc.,
Arcus European Infrastructure Fund GP LLP and
BAA Limited; a director of the Council of Imperial
College, London; and President of the Institute of
Fiscal Studies.