Leadership

Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc

Douglas Flint is Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc.

Group Chief Executive

Stuart Gulliver is Group Chief Executive of HSBC Holdings plc. He is also Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.

Group Finance Director

Iain Mackay was appointed as Group Finance Director of HSBC Holdings plc in December 2010. A chartered accountant, Mr Mackay joined HSBC in July 2007.

Independent non-executive Director

Safra Catz was appointed to the Board in 2008. She has a background in international business leadership, having helped transform Oracle into the largest producer of business management software and the world's leading supplier of software for information management.

Chairman of the Corporate Sustainability Committee

Laura Cha was appointed to the Board on 1 March 2011. She has extensive regulatory and policymaking experience in the finance and securities sector in Hong Kong and mainland China.

Member of the Group Audit Committee

Marvin K T Cheung has a background in international business and financial accounting, particularly in Greater China and the wider Asian economy.

Member of the Financial System Vulnerabilities Committee

James Brien Comey Jr was appointed to the Board on 4 March 2013. He is an independent non-executive Director and a member of the Financial System Vulnerabilities Committee.

Chairman of the Group Audit Committee and member of the Group Risk Committee and Group Remuneration Committee

John Coombe has a background in international business, financial accounting and the pharmaceutical industry. He joined HSBC as a non-executive Director in 2005.

Chairman of the Group Risk Committee

Joachim Faber was appointed to the Board on 1 March 2012. He has a background in banking and asset management with significant international experience, having worked in Germany, Tokyo, New York and London.

Chairman of the Financial System Vulnerabilities Committee and member of the Nomination Committee

Rona Fairhead joined the Board in December 2004. She has a background in international industry, publishing, finance and general management.

Member of the Group Audit Committee and the Group Remuneration Committee

Renato Fassbind was appointed to the Board on 1 January 2013. He was Chief Financial Officer and member of the Executive Board of Credit Suisse Group AG from June 2004 until September 2010.

Member of the Nomination Committee and member of the Corporate Sustainability Committee

James Hughes-Hallett was appointed to the Board in 2005. He has a background in financial accounting and management experience in aviation, insurance, property, shipping, manufacturing and trading businesses in the Far East, UK, USA and Australia.

Member of the Group Remuneration Committee

Sam Laidlaw was appointed to the Board in 2008. He has significant international experience, particularly in the energy sector, having had responsibility for businesses in four continents.

Member of the Group Risk Committee and Nomination Committee

John Lipsky was appointed to the Board in March 2012. He served at the International Monetary Fund as First Deputy Managing Director, Acting Managing Director from May 2011, and as Special Advisor from September 2011, until retirement in November 2011.

Member of the Group Audit Committee and Group Risk Committee

Rachel Lomax joined the HSBC Board of Directors in 2008. She has experience in the public and private sectors, plus a deep knowledge of the operations of the UK government and financial system.

Deputy Chairman and senior independent non-executive Director, Chairman of the Group Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee and member of the Financial System Vulnerabilities Committee

Sir Simon Robertson has a background in international corporate advisory with a wealth of experience in mergers and acquisitions, merchant banking, investment banking and financial markets.

Adviser to the Board

David Shaw has been an Adviser to the Board since 1998. Mr Shaw is a solicitor and was formerly a partner in Norton Rose.

Group Company Secretary and Head of Corporate Governance

Ralph Barber joined HSBC in 1980. He became Group Company Secretary in 1986 and Company Secretary of HSBC Holdings plc in 1990. He was appointed a Group General Manager in 2006.