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HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Report of the Directors: Corporate Governance (continued)
Directors
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Economic Development Commission of the Hong
Kong SAR Government since 17 January 2013.
Former appointments include: non-executive
director of Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited and
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited;
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of KPMG
Hong Kong; and council member of the Open
University of Hong Kong. Ceased to be a non-
official member of the Executive Council of the
Hong Kong SAR on 1 July 2012.
J B Comey†, 52
Member of the Financial System Vulnerabilities
Committee on 4 March 2013.
Skills and experience: extensive experience in both
the public and private sectors in the US federal and
state justice systems and as General Counsel to
leading international businesses. Former US Deputy
Attorney General responsible for supervising
operations of the US Department of Justice. As US
Attorney for the Southern District of New York,
oversaw the prosecution of corporate executives on
fraud and securities-related charges and international
drug cartels.
Appointed to the Board: 4 March 2013
Current appointments include: Columbia
University Law School, Senior Research Scholar
and Hertog Fellow on National Security Law.
Former appointments include: General Counsel
of Bridgewater Associates, LP; Senior Vice
President and General Counsel of Lockheed Martin
Corporation; US Deputy Attorney General; US
Attorney for the Southern District of New York;
and Assistant US Attorney for the Eastern District
of Virginia.
J D Coombe†, 67
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 plc 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 and non-
executive Chairman of Home Retail Group plc since
4 July 2012.
Former appointments include: executive director
and Chief Financial Officer of GlaxoSmithKline plc;
non-executive director of GUS plc; member of the
Supervisory Board of Siemens AG; Chairman of The
Hundred Group of Finance Directors; and member
of the Accounting Standards Board. Ceased to be a
council member of The Royal Academy of Arts on
18 September 2012.
J Faber†, 62
Member of the Group Risk Committee since 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 member of the
management board of Allianz SE; 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: 1 March 2012
Current appointments include: Chairman of the
supervisory board of Deutsche Börse AG; Chairman
of the Shareholder Committee of Joh A. Benckiser
SARL from 1 January 2012; independent director of
Coty Inc.; director of Allianz France S.A., Allianz
Investment Management GmbH and Allianz Climate
Solutions GmbH; and member of the advisory
boards of the Siemens Group Pension Board, the
European School for Management and Technology
and the German Council for Sustainable
Development.
Former appointments include: Chairman of
Allianz Global Investors Kapitalanlagegesellschaft
and Allianz Global Investors Deutschland GmbH;
Chairman of the board of Allianz Global Investors
SGR; and member of the board of Allianz SpA and
of the supervisory board of Bayerische Boerse AG.