
Board responsibilities
The Board aims to promote HSBC’s long-term success, deliver sustainable value to shareholders and promote a culture of openness and debate. Led by the Group Chairman, the Board sets the Group’s strategy and risk appetite.
Board Documents
Memorandum and Articles of Association
Board of Directors terms of reference
Board Policies
- HSBC Holdings Diversity and Inclusion Policy (PDF 81KB)
- Shareholder Communication Policy (PDF 29KB)
- HSBC statement on human rights (PDF 44KB)
- HSBC remuneration practices and governance (PDF 412KB)
Roles and responsibilities
List of directors and their role and function
More from HSBC

Board committees
The Board has appointed a number of committees consisting of certain Directors, Group Managing Directors and certain co-opted non-director members.

Obligations of senior financial officers
HSBC’s senior financial officers have to comply with a set of principles governing honest and ethical conduct.
Insight

Five climate trends for 2021
HSBC’s Daniel Klier examines the themes likely to dominate the run-up to the COP26 conference in November.

A dose of optimism
Vaccine breakthroughs should usher in a brighter dawn for global economic prospects for 2021, says HSBC’s Janet Henry.

Decisive decade ahead for climate finance
Progress has been made in the five years since the Paris Agreement – but bigger changes are coming.