16th Mar 2005 18:23
HSBC Holdings PLC16 March 2005 BOARD CHANGE Carole Taylor, an independent non-executive Director since 2002, has retiredfrom the Board of HSBC Holdings plc with effect from 14 March 2005. Herretirement follows her decision to stand as a candidate for the provincialLegislature of British Columbia. Ms Taylor, Chair of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, will also step downas a non-executive Director of HSBC North America Holdings Inc. She previouslyserved on the Boards of HSBC Bank Canada, HSBC Bank USA, N.A. and HSBC USA Inc. Sir John Bond, Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc said: "Carole Taylor has beenan outstanding Director of HSBC and we are extremely grateful for hercontribution. We wish her every success as, once again, she turns herconsiderable talents to contributing to public life in Canada. HSBC's loss isBritish Columbia's gain." Note to editors: The HSBC Group HSBC Holdings plc is headquartered in the UK. The HSBC Group serves over 110million customers worldwide from over 9,800 offices in 77 countries andterritories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle Eastand Africa. With assets of US$1,277 billion at 31 December 2004, HSBC is one ofthe world's largest banking and financial services organisations. HSBC ismarketed worldwide as 'the world's local bank'. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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