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Sir Philip Hampton
Chairman
Date of appointment: 19 January 2009 (Board) 3 February 2009 (Chairman) Experience: Previously chairman of J Sainsbury plc and group finance director at Lloyds TSB Group, BT Group plc, BG Group plc, British Gas and British Steel plc, an executive director of Lazards and a non-executive director of RMC Group plc and Belgacom SA. Sir Philip Hampton is also a former chairman of UK Financial Investments Limited, which manages the UK Government’s shareholdings in banks. External appointment(s): Senior Independent director of Anglo American plc, chairman of its Remuneration Committee and member of the Audit Committee Non-executive director, chairman of the Nominations Committee and chairman designate of GlaxoSmithKline plc
Ross McEwan
Chief Executive
Chief Executive Date of appointment: 1 October 2013 Experience: Ross became Chief Executive of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group in October 2013. Between August 2012 and September 2013, he was Chief Executive Officer for UK Retail, joining from Commonwealth Bank of Australia where he was Group Executive for Retail Banking Services for five years. Prior to this he was Executive General Manager with responsibilty for the branch network, contact centres and third party mortgage brokers. He has more than 25 years experience in the finance, insurance and investment industries, and prior to Commonwealth Bank of Australia, was Managing Director of First NZ Capital Securities. He was also Chief Executive of National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Ltd / AXA New Zealand Ltd. Ross has an MBA from Harvard.
Ewen Stevenson
Chief Financial Officer
Date of Appointment: 19 May 2014 Experience: Previously at Credit Suisse for 25 years where Ewen was latterly co-Head of the EMEA Investment Banking Division and co-Head of the Global Financial Institutions Group. He has over 20 years of experience advising the banking sector while at Credit Suisse. He has a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration majoring in Accountancy and a Bachelor of Law from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Aileen Taylor
Chief Governance Officer and Board Counsel
A qualified solicitor, Aileen joined RBS in 2000. She was appointed Deputy Group Secretary and Head of Group Secretariat in 2007, and prior to that held various legal, secretariat and risk roles including Head of External Risk, Retail, Head of Regulatory Risk, Retail Direct and Head of Legal and Compliance at Direct LineFinancial Services. She is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland and a member of the European Corporate Governance Council.
Alison Davis
Independent Non-Executive Director
Previously, Alison served as a director of City National Bank and First Data Corporation and as chair of the board of LECG Corporation. She has also worked at McKinsey & Company, AT Kearney, as Chief Financial Officer at Barclays Global Investors (now BlackRock) and as managing partner of Belvedere Capital, a private equity firm focused on buy-outs in the financial services sector.
Penny Hughes CBE
Non-executive Director
Previously a director and chairman of the Remuneration Committee of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB and a non-executive director of Home Retail Group plc and chairman of its Remuneration Committee. Penny spent the majority of her executive career at Coca-Cola where she held a number of leadership positions, latterly as President, Coca-Cola Great Britain and Ireland. Former non-executive directorships include Vodafone Group plc, Reuters Group PLC, Cable & Wireless Worldwide plc and The Gap Inc.
Morten Friis
Non-executive Director
Morten has 34 years financial services experience and has previously held various roles at Royal Bank of Canada and its subsidiaries including Associate Director at Orion Royal Bank, Vice President, Business Banking and Vice President, Financial Institutions. In 1997, he was appointed as Senior Vice President, Group Risk Management and served as the Chief Credit Officer then Chief Risk Officer from 2004 to 2014. He was also previously a Director of RBC Bank (USA), Westbury Life Insurance Company, RBC Life Insurance Company and of RBC Dexia Investor Services Trust Company.
Brendan Nelson
Independent Non-Executive Director
Brendan was global chairman, financial services for KPMG. He previously held senior leadership roles within KPMG including as a member of the KPMG UK board from 1999 to 2006 and as vice-chairman from 2006. Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland from 2005 to 2008. President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland 2013/14.
Baroness Noakes DBE
Non-executive Director
An experienced director on UK listed company boards with extensive and varied political and public sector experience. A qualified chartered accountant, she previously headed KPMG’s European and International Government practices and has been President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. She was appointed to the House of Lords in 2000 and has served on the Conservative front bench in various roles including as shadow treasury minister between 2003 and May 2010. Previously held non-executive roles on the Court of the Bank of England, Hanson, ICI, Severn Trent, Carpetright, John Laing and SThree.
Robert Gillespie
Non-executive Director
Robert began his career with Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) where he qualified as a chartered accountant. He then moved into banking joining SG Warburg, specialising in corporate finance, and was appointed as Co-Head and Managing Director of its US investment banking business in 1989. Following the acquisition in 1995 of Warburg by Swiss Bank Corporation (which subsequently merged with UBS), he then held the roles of Head of UK Corporate Finance, Head of European Corporate Finance and Co-Head of its global business and CEO of the EMEA region. He relinquished his management roles at the end of 2005, and was appointed Vice Chairman of UBS Investment Bank. Robert left UBS to join Evercore Partners, from where he was seconded to the UK Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, as Director General, from 2010 to 2013. He is a non-executive director of Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
Sir Sandy Crombie
Non-executive Director
Previously group chief executive of Standard Life plc and Chairman of Creative Scotland. Sandy was also previously a director of the Association of British Insurers and Chairman of the Edinburgh World City of Literature Trust. In 2007 he was the Prince of Wales’ Ambassador for Corporate Social Responsibility in Scotland