Company: HBCYF
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001089113-25-000040
Chunk: 382

Company: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 20-F
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 the diversity and skills of the Board and senior management, see page 274 . Operation of the Board The Board is ordinarily scheduled to meet nine times a year. In 2024, the Board held 10 meetings. For further details on attendance at those meetings, see page 276 . The Board agenda is agreed by the Group Chairman, working with both the Group CEO and the Group Company Secretary. For further information, see ’Board matters considered’ on page 281 . The Group Chief People & Governance Officer (who is also the duly appointed Group Company Secretary), the Group Chief Risk and Compliance Officer and the Group Chief Legal Officer were regular attendees at Board meetings during 2024. The non-executive Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited was also a regular attendee at Board meetings. The chief executive officers of the three global businesses often attended Board strategy discussions, and other senior executives attended Board meetings for specific items as and when requested by the Board. In addition, as agreed by the Board, the Board Oversight Sub-Group is called on an ad hoc basis where necessary. Such meetings are an informal mechanism for a smaller group of Board members and management to discuss emerging issues and upcoming Board matters.

| 276 | HSBC Holdings plcAnnual Report on Form 20-F |

Report of the Directors | Corporate governance report

Board roles, responsibilities and meeting attendance The table below sets out the Board members’ respective roles, responsibilities and attendance at Board meetings and the AGM in 2024. For a full description of key Board members’ responsibilities, see www.hsbc.com/who-we-are/our-people.

| Roles                                                                                      | Boardattendance in20241 | Responsibilities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Group ChairmanSir Mark E Tucker2,4                                                         | 11/11                   | –Provides effective leadership of the Board and promotes the highest standards of corporate governance practices.–Leads the Board in providing strong strategic oversight and setting the Board’s agenda, culture and values.–Leads the Board in challenging management’s thinking and proposals, and fosters open and constructive debateamong Directors.–Maintains internal and external relationships with key stakeholders, and communicates investors’ views to theBoard.–Organises periodic monitoring and evaluation, including externally facilitated evaluation, of the performance of theBoard, its committees and individual Directors.–Leads on succession planning for the Board and its committees, ensuring appointments reflect diverse cultures,skills and experiences. |
| Executive DirectorGroup CEOSir Noel Quinn4,6Georges Elhedery4,6