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Report of the Directors: Corporate Governance (continued)
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Rules; obligations under the Hong Kong Securities
and Futures Ordinance; and mechanisms for core
risk appetite measures. Participated in the annual
forum for HSBC Group non-executive directors.
J D Coombe
Attended events for non-executive directors run by
Tapestry Networks and Ernst & Young on bank
governance and by PricewaterhouseCoopers on
updates in financial accounting. Attended bespoke
briefings on prudential regulation, reform of the UK
financial services industry regulatory authorities and
managing operational risk in the Finance global
function. Attended meetings of Board committees at
which briefings were given on the regulatory
environment and developments in accounting
requirements, risk and executive remuneration, the
risk control frameworks for the global businesses,
Group recovery and resolution planning and legal
reform. Chaired the annual forum for the chairmen
of HSBC Group audit and risk committees.
Participated in the annual forum for HSBC Group
non-executive directors.
J Faber
Undertook a personal induction programme
comprising bespoke briefings on: CMB and GB&M,
with particular focus on operations in the UK and
Europe; the structure and responsibilities of a
number of the Group’s global functions, including:
Strategy and Planning; Corporate Sustainability;
Risk (including Compliance); Finance; and Legal;
and corporate governance (including Directors’
duties and obligations, HSBC’s governance
structure, Global Standards and Business Principles,
international corporate governance codes and listing
obligations). Attended bespoke briefings on
prudential regulation and HSBC’s business in
Germany. Attended meetings of the Group Risk
Committee at which briefings were given on the risk
control frameworks for the global businesses, Group
recovery and resolution planning and legal and
regulatory reform.
R A Fairhead
Attended bespoke briefings on prudential regulation.
Attended meetings of committees of the Board at
which briefings were given on the regulatory
environment and developments in accounting
requirements and risk, the risk control frameworks
for the global businesses, Group recovery and
resolution planning and legal and regulatory reform.
Participated in a risk workshop co-hosted by HSBC
and Cambridge University Centre for Risk Studies.
R Fassbind1
Undertook a personal induction programme
comprising bespoke briefings on: each of the
Group’s global businesses; the structure and
responsibilities of a number of the Group’s global
functions, including: Strategy and Planning;
Corporate Sustainability; Risk; Finance; Human
Resources; and Internal Audit; corporate governance
(including Directors’ duties and obligations, HSBC’s
governance structure, Global Standards and Business
Principles, international corporate governance codes
and listing obligations); IT and Operations; and the
Group’s Insurance business.
J W J Hughes-Hallet
Attended meetings of the Group Risk Committee at
which bespoke briefings were given on the risk
control frameworks for the global businesses, Group
recovery and resolution planning and legal and
regulatory reform.
W S H Laidlaw
Attended bespoke briefings on individual liquidity
adequacy assessment in the UK. Attended meetings
of the Group Remuneration Committee at which
briefings were given on regulatory developments in
executive remuneration.
J P Lipsky
Undertook a personal induction programme
comprising bespoke briefings on: GB&M; the
structure and responsibilities of a number of the
Group’s global functions, including: Strategy and
Planning; Risk (including compliance); Finance ;
Legal ; and governance (including Directors’ duties
and obligations, HSBC’s governance structure,
Global Standards and Business Principles,
international corporate governance codes and
listing obligations). Attended bespoke briefings on
prudential regulation. Attended meetings of the
Group Risk Committee at which briefings were
given on the risk control frameworks for the global
businesses, Group recovery and resolution planning
and legal and regulatory reform. Participated in the
annual forum for HSBC Group non-executive
directors.
J R Lomax
Attended an event for non-executive directors run
by Tapestry Networks and Ernst & Young on bank
governance and the Trilateral Commission’s Europe
conference in Helsinki. Attended meetings of