Chris Keljik, OBE

Non-Executive Director

Chris Keljik, 59, was appointed a nonexecutive director on 1st November 2005 and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee in April 2006. He is also a member of the Audit and Nominations Committees. He retired as a director of Standard Chartered Plc in May 2005 after 29 years, during which time he held a number of senior positions working in London, Hong Kong, New York and Singapore in corporate finance, treasury and general management. Prior to his retirement, his responsibilities at Standard Chartered included its businesses in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, the UK and the Americas. A Chartered Accountant, he is also a non-executive director of Henderson TR Pacific Investment Trust plc, Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust PLC and Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc.