Board roles and responsibilities
An explanation of how the Board leads the Group, including a summary of Matters Reserved for decision by the Board, can be found below (see below the Board and committee membership and attendance table) and is set out in the Governance section of the Annual Report.
The Chair, Group Chief Executive and Senior Independent Director all have written terms of reference which are approved by the Board and kept under regular review. A summary of their roles and responsibilities are included in the Governance section of the Annual Report.
The Governance section of the Group’s latest Annual Report can be viewed here.
Committees
The Board has established Audit, Remuneration, Nomination and Governance and Risk Committees as principal standing committees of the Board.
Each committee has written terms of reference which are kept under regular review (see below the Board and committee membership and attendance table). These committees are key elements of the Group’s corporate governance framework.
Board and committee membership and attendance
The membership of the Board and its principal committees is set out in the table below, including details of standing attendees of key members of management at meetings.
Full details of regular attendees at meetings of each of the Committees can be found in the committee reports in the annual report, links to which can be found below.
Biographical details of each Director and member of the Group Executive Committee can be found here.
| Individual |
Role |
Board |
Audit Committee |
Risk Committee |
Remuneration Committee |
Nomination & Governance |
Responsibility & Sustainability Working Group |
| Shriti Vadera |
Chair |
C |
St |
St |
St |
C |
St |
| Anil Wadhwani |
Chief Executive Officer |
M |
St |
St |
St |
St |
St |
| Philip Remnant |
Senior Independent Director |
M |
M |
|
M |
M |
|
| Jeremy Anderson |
Independent Non-executive Director |
M |
M |
C |
|
M |
M |
| Arijit Basu |
Independent Non-executive Director |
M |
M |
|
|
|
M |
| Chua Sock Koong |
Independent Non-executive Director |
M |
|
|
C |
M |
|
| David Law |
Independent Non-executive Director |
M |
C |
M |
M |
|
|
| Ming Lu |
Independent Non-executive Director |
M |
|
|
M |
M |
|
| George Sartorel |
Independent Non-executive Director |
M |
|
M |
|
M |
C |
| Claudia Suessmuth Dyckerhoff |
Independent Non-executive Director |
M |
|
M |
|
|
M |
| Tom Watjen |
Independent Non-executive Director |
M |
|
M |
M |
|
|
| Jeanette Wong |
Independent Non-executive Director |
M |
M |
M |
|
|
M |
| Amy Yip |
Independent Non-executive Director |
M |
M |
|
|
|
|
| Management |
| James Turner |
Group Chief Financial Officer |
St |
St |
St |
St |
|
St |
| Avnish Kalra |
Group Chief Risk and Compliance Officer |
St |
St |
St |
St |
|
|
| Jolene Chen |
Group Human Resources Director |
|
|
|
St |
St |
|
C = Board or Committee Chair
M = Board or Committee member
St = Standing attendee