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Group Managing Directors 4. Sandy Flockhart 7. Dyfrig John 1. Clive Bannister Age 55. President and Group Managing Director, Age 56. Chief Executive, HSBC Bank plc. A Group Age 48. Group Managing Director, Insurance. Latin America and the Caribbean. A Group Managing Director since 6 March 2006. Joined A Group Managing Director since 1 August 2006. Managing Director since 1 October 2006. Joined HSBC Bank plc in 1971. Appointed a Group Joined HSBC in 1994. Appointed a Group General HSBC in 1974. Appointed a Group General General Manager in 2000. Deputy Chairman and Manager in 2001. Chairman of HSBC Insurance Manager and Chief Executive Officer, Mexico in Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Bank Malaysia Holdings Limited since November 2006. Deputy 2002. Chief Executive Officer HSBC Thailand from Berhad from 1999 to 2002. Chief Operating Officer Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Securities (USA) 1992 to 1994. Managing Director of The Saudi of HSBC Bank plc from 2003 to May 2005 Inc. from 1996 to 1998 and Chief Executive British Bank from 1997 to 1999 and Senior and Deputy Chief Executive from May 2005 to Officer, Group Private Banking from 1998 to 2006. Executive Vice-President, Commercial Banking, 6 March 2006. HSBC Bank USA, N.A. from 1999 to 2002. 2. Vincent Cheng, OBE 8. Youssef Nasr Age 58. Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai 5. Stuart Gulliver Age 52. Group Managing Director, Strategic Banking Corporation Limited. A Group Managing Age 47. Head of Corporate, Investment Banking Investments since 1 October 2006. A Director of Director since May 2005. Joined HSBC in 1978. and Markets and Group Investment Businesses. HSBC Private Banking Holdings (Suisse) SA. Appointed a Group General Manager in 1995. A Group Managing Director since 2004. Director A Group Managing Director since 2004. Joined Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Bank plc, HSBC USA Inc. and The HSBC in 1976. Appointed a Group General of Limited from 1998 to 2005. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Manager in 1998. President and Chief Executive Limited. Joined HSBC in 1980. Appointed a Group Officer of HSBC Bank Canada from 1997 to 1999. 3. Charles-Henri Filippi General Manager in 2000. Head of Treasury and President and Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Age 54. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Capital Markets in Asia-Pacific from 1996 to 2002, USA Inc. and HSBC Bank USA from 1999 to 2003. of HSBC France. A Group Managing Director since Head of Global Markets from 2002 to 2003, and President, HSBC Bank Brasil S.A.-Banco Múltiplo 2004. A Director of HSBC Bank plc. A member Co-Head of Corporate, Investment Banking and from 2005 to 2006. of the Supervisory Board of HSBC Trinkaus & Markets from 2003 to May 2006. Burkhardt AG. Joined HSBC France in 1987 having previously held senior appointments in the French 6. David Hodgkinson civil service. Appointed a Group General Manager Age 56. Group Chief Operating Officer. in 2001. Global Head of Corporate and Institutional A Group Managing Director since 26 May 2006 Banking from 2001 to 2004. and Chairman of HSBC Bank Middle East Limited since 24 July 2006. Joined HSBC in 1969. Appointed a Group General Manager in 2003. Managing Director of The Saudi British Bank from 1999 to 2003. Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Bank Middle East Limited from 2003 to May 2006.

28 HSBC Holdings plc Annual Review 2006 Group General Managers Ken Harvey Raymond Or Emilson Alonso Age 46. Group General Manager and Group Age 57. Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive, Age 51. President and Chief Executive Officer, Chief Information Officer. Joined HSBC Finance Hang Seng Bank Limited and Director, The HSBC Bank Brasil S.A.-Banco Múltiplo. Joined Corporation in 1989. Appointed a Group General Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation HSBC in 1997. Appointed a Group General Manager in 2004. Limited. Joined HSBC in 1972. Appointed a Group Manager on 1 October 2006. General Manager in 2000. Alan Keir Piraye Antika Age 48. Global Co-Head Commercial Banking. Krishna Patel Age 46. Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Turkey. Joined HSBC in 1981. Appointed a Group General Age 58.Group General Manager, Chief Executive Joined HSBC in 1990. Appointed a Group General Manager on 1 October 2006. Officer, Africa. Joined HSBC in 1984. Appointed Manager in August 2005. a Group General Manager in 2000. Naina Lal Kidwai Roberta Arena Age 49. Chief Executive Officer, HSBC India. Russell Picot Age 58. Group General Manager, Global Joined HSBC in 2002. Appointed a Group General Age 49. Group Chief Accounting Officer. Joined e-Business. Joined HSBC in 1999. Appointed Manager on 1 October 2006. HSBC in 1993. Appointed a Group General a Group General Manager in 2000. Manager in 2003. Matthew King Richard Bennett Age 50. Group General Manager, Internal Audit. Mike Powell Age 55. Group General Manager, Legal and Joined HSBC in 1986. Appointed a Group General Age 45. Head of Global Markets. Joined HSBC Compliance. Joined HSBC in 1979. Appointed Manager in 2002. in 1984. Appointed a Group General Manager on a Group General Manager in 1998. 1 October 2006. Paul Lawrence Niall Booker Age 45. Head of Corporate, Investment Brian Robertson Age 48. Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Banking and Markets, USA. President and Chief Age 52. Group General Manager, Credit and Risk. Officer, HSBC Bank Middle East Limited. Joined Executive Officer, HSBC Bank USA, N.A. and Joined HSBC in 1975. Appointed a Group General HSBC in 1981. Appointed a Group General HSBC USA Inc. Joined HSBC in 1982. Appointed a Manager in 2003. Manager in 2004. Group General Manager in August 2005. Michael Smith, OBE Peter Boyles Margaret Leung Age 50. Chief Executive Officer, The Age 51. Group General Manager, Human Age 54. Global Co-Head Commercial Banking. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Resources. Joined HSBC in 1975. Appointed Joined HSBC in 1978. Appointed a Group General Limited. Chairman, Hang Seng Bank Limited. a Group General Manager on 1 January 2006. Manager in August 2005. Joined HSBC in 1978. Appointed a Group General Manager in 2000. David Budd Tony Mahoney Age 53. Chief Operating Officer and Executive Age 44. Group General Manager and Head of Paul Thurston Director, HSBC Bank plc. Joined HSBC in 1972. Network, HSBC Bank plc. Joined HSBC in 1983. Age 53. Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Mexico. Appointed a Group General Manager in May 2005. Appointed a Group General Manager on Joined HSBC in 1975. Appointed a Group General 24 November 2006. Manager in 2003. Zed Cama Age 59. Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Brendan McDonagh Peter Wong Officer, HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad. Joined Age 48. Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Finance Age 55. Executive Director, Hong Kong and HSBC in 1968. Appointed a Group General Corporation and Chief Operating Officer, HSBC Mainland China, The Hongkong and Shanghai Manager in 2001. North America Holdings Inc. Joined HSBC in Banking Corporation Limited. Joined HSBC in 1979. Appointed a Group General Manager in February 2005. Appointed a Group General Thomas Detelich August 2005. Manager in April 2005. Age 50. President, Consumer and Mortgage Lending, HSBC Finance Corporation. Joined Chris Meares HSBC Finance Corporation in 1976. Appointed Age 49. Chief Executive Officer, Group Private a Group General Manager on 1 October 2006. Banking. Joined HSBC in 1980. Appointed a Group General Manager on 1 November 2006. Joe Garner Age 37. Group General Manager, Personal Walter Menezes Financial Services and Direct Businesses, Age 61. Group Executive, Card Services, HSBC Bank plc. Joined HSBC in 2004. Appointed HSBC Finance Corporation. Joined HSBC in a Group General Manager on 1 October 2006. 1996. Appointed a Group General Manager on 1 October 2006. Lindsay Gordon Age 54. President and Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Newman HSBC Bank Canada. Joined HSBC in 1987. Age 49. Senior Executive Vice President, Personal Appointed a Group General Manager in Financial Services, HSBC Bank USA, N.A. Joined August 2005. HSBC in 1989. Appointed a Group General Manager on 1 October 2006.

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