FORM 6
FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a - 16 or 15d - 16
of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of November, 2008
HSBC Holdings plc
42nd Floor, 8 Canada Square, London
E14 5HQ, England
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F).
Form 20-F X
Form 40-F
......
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the
information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934).
Yes.......
No X
(If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file
number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-
..............).
HSBC SUBSIDIARY BOARD APPOINTMENT
Stuart Gulliver (49), executive Director of HSBC Holdings plc and Chief Executive
Global Banking and Markets
and G
lobal Asset Management
, has been appointed
a Director and
non-executive Chairman of HSBC France
with effect from
1 January 2009
, with Peter Boyles continuing in his capacity as Chief Executive Officer of the
bank
. The appointment is subject to regulatory approval
in
France
.
Mr Gulliver succeeds Charles-Henri Filippi
who, after
overseeing
the
successful
integration
and re-branding
of
HSBC's operations in
F
r
a
nc
e
,
is leaving HSBC to establish
Alfina,
an
independent financial services
business
focussed on asset allocation and restructuring in the context of the current market
environment. He is
also join
ing
CVC Capital Partners as senior advisor for
France
.
Charles-Henri Filippi
said
"After more than 20 years with the bank, including eight years as part of the
HSBC Group, I would like to express my gratitude to colleagues, past and present,
in France and elsewhere, for the superb job they have done in making CCF so
successful, and in ensuring its smooth integration into the HSBC Group,
so that our bank now has a strong and well-defined
presence in the French market. I wish HSBC and our staff every success in
their future
endeavour
s."
Commenting on Charles-Henri Filippi's
departure
,
Group Chairman, Stephen Green said "Charles-Henri has made a tremendous
contribution to HSBC's strong positioning in
France
, reflecting our focus on international connectivity in developed markets. We have
benefited greatly from his experience both in the French banking ma
rket and in Corporate Banking.
He played a key role in the successful integration of CCF into the Group following
the acquisition in 2000, and we wish him well for the future."
The Board of HSBC France would also like to thank Charles-Henri Filippi for his
dedicated service,
latterly as Chairman of the company.
Mr Gulliver, an executive Director of HSBC Holdings plc since May 2008, joined HSBC
in 1980. He
is
a Director of HSBC Bank plc,
HSBC North America Holdings Inc,
The Hongkong and Shang
hai Banking Corporation Limited
and
HSBC Priva
te Banking Holdings (Suisse) SA. He is also Deputy Chairman
and member of the Supervisory Board of HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG.
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Email: sophie.ricord@hsbc.fr
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HSBC France, formerly CCF founded in 1894, became a subsidiary of the HSBC
Group in 2000 and changed its name to HSBC France in November 2005. HSBC France
head office is in
Paris
. With about 370 points of sale in
France
and over 11,700 employees, HSBC France is a universal bank serving both
personal and business customers.
2.
The Board of Directors of HSBC Holdings plc as at the date of this
announcement are:
S K Green, M F Geoghegan, S A Catz†, V H C Cheng, J D Coombe†, J
L Durán†, R A Fairhead†,
D J
Flint
, A A Flockhart, W K L Fung*, S T Gulliver, J W J Hughes-Hallett†, W S H
Laidlaw†, Sir Mark Moody-Stuart†, G Morgan†, N R
N Murthy
†, S M Robertson† and Sir Brian Williamson†.
† Independent non-executive Director
HSBC Holdings plc, the parent company of the HSBC Group, is headquartered
in
London
. The Group serves customers worldwide from more than 9,500 offices in 85
countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the
Americas
, the Middle East and
Africa
. With assets of US$2,547 billion at 30 June 2008, HSBC is one of the world's
largest banking and financial services organisations. HSBC is marketed
worldwide as 'the world's local bank'.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
HSBC Holdings plc
By:
Name: P A Stafford
Title: Assistant Group Secretary
Date:
November 20, 2008