Company: HBCYF
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001089113-25-000040
Chunk: 388

Company: HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 20-F
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                    | Board OversightSub-GroupChair: Sir MarkTucker         |
|                             | See page289                              | See page293          | See page301         | See page309                  | See page306                             | SustainabilityWorking GroupChair: GeraldineBuckingham |

| Group Executive CommitteeChair: Georges Elhedery1 |                                       |                       |                             |                                        |                                            |                                                |
| Acquisitions andDisposalsCommittee                | Group Disclosureand ControlsCommittee | Group PeopleCommittee | Group RiskManagementMeeting | Holdings Assetand LiabilitiesCommittee | ChangePrioritisation andOversightCommittee | Environmental,Social andGovernanceCommittee    |
| Chair: GeorgesElhedery                            | Chair: JonathanBingham2               | Chair: AileenTaylor   | Chair: Pam Kaur3            | Chair: JonathanBingham2                | Chair: JonathanBingham2                    | Co-Chairs:Jonathan Binghamand CelineHerweijer4 |

1 With effect from 2 September 2024, the role of Chair changed from Sir Noel Quinn to Georges Elhedery and with effect from 1 January 2025 the GEC was replaced by the Group Operating Committee and committees reporting into it are under review. 2 Pam Kaur appointed as Chair with effect from 1 January 2025. 3 Richard Blackburn appointed as Chair with effect from 1 January 2025. 4 With effect from 2 September 2024, Jonathan Bingham succeeded Georges Elhedery as Co-Chair and Pam Kaur appointed as sole Chair with effect from 1 January 2025.

| 280 | HSBC Holdings plcAnnual Report on Form 20-F |

Report of the Directors | Corporate governance report

Board induction and training The Board recognises the importance of induction and training for its Directors. The Group Chief People & Governance Officer works with the Group Chairman to ensure that, on appointment, new Directors are provided with tailored and comprehensive induction programmes appropriate to their individual experiences and needs, including the process for managing conflicts. To ensure Directors’ contribution to the Board remains informed and relevant, all Board members receive appropriate training, both individually and collectively, throughout their time served on the Board. The Group Chief People & Governance Officer also helps to arrange and deliver the induction programme for new Board members, through formal briefings and introductory sessions with other Board members, senior management, legal counsel, auditors, tax advisers and regulators, as appropriate. Topics covered in the induction programme include but are not limited to