5 April 2024
HSBC HOLDINGS
PLC
DIRECTOR
DECLARATION
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.14 R(2),
HSBC Holdings plc ('HSBC') confirms that Rachel Duan, a
non-executive Director of HSBC, has been nominated as a
non-executive Director of Kering SA with effect from 25 April 2024,
subject to shareholder approval at Kering's AGM on the same
day.
If approved by Kering shareholders, the
appointment will temporarily result in Rachel holding five
directorships, with HSBC remaining her main commitment. Rachel has
confirmed that she will be stepping down from one of her other
listed positions by the end of 2024.
In authorising this appointment, the Board
reviewed the total time commitment expected of Ms Duan across all
roles. The Board remains comfortable that Ms Duan retains
sufficient capacity to fulfil her duties to HSBC effectively during
this period. Since joining the Board in September 2021, Ms Duan has
attended all scheduled Board meetings of the HSBC Board of
Directors.
For and on behalf of
HSBC Holdings plc
Aileen Taylor
Group Company Secretary and Chief
Governance Officer
Investor enquiries to:
Neil Sankoff
+44 (0) 20 7991 5072
investorrelations@hsbc.com
Yafei Tian
+852 2899 8909
yafei.tian@hsbc.com.hk
Media enquiries to:
HSBC press office
+44 (0) 20 79918096
pressoffice@hsbc.com
Notes to editors:
The Board of Directors of HSBC
Holdings plc as at the date of this announcement
comprises:
Mark Edward Tucker*, Noel Paul
Quinn, Geraldine Joyce Buckingham†, Rachel
Duan†, Georges Bahjat Elhedery, Dame Carolyn Julie
Fairbairn†, James Anthony Forese†, Ann
Frances Godbehere†, Steven Craig
Guggenheimer†, Dr José Antonio Meade
Kuribreña†, Kalpana Jaisingh Morparia†,
Eileen K Murray†, Brendan Robert Nelson†,
David Thomas Nish† and Swee Lian
Teo†.
* Non-executive Group Chairman
† Independent non-executive
Director
HSBC Holdings plc, the parent
company of the HSBC, is headquartered in London. HSBC serves
customers worldwide from offices in 62 countries and territories.
With assets of US$3,039bn at 31 December 2023, HSBC is one of the
world's largest banking and financial services
organisations.
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