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Standard Chartered PLC — Board/Management Information 2008
May 30, 2008
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Board/Management Information
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Standard Chartered
STANDARD CHARTERED PLC
(渣打集團有限公司)
(Registered in England and Wales number 966425)
(Stock Code: 02888)
Standard Chartered Board Change
The Board of Directors of Standard Chartered PLC announces that Lord Turner of Ecchinswell will step down as a non-executive director of the Company with effect from 19 September 2008
Lord Turner
The Board of Directors of Standard Chartered PLC ("Standard Chartered" or the "Company") announces that Lord Turner of Ecchinswell will step down as a non-executive director of the Company with effect from 19 September 2008, following his appointment to be the next Chairman of the UK's Financial Services Authority.
Adair Turner joined the board of Standard Chartered on 1 August 2006 and is a member of the Board's Audit and Risk Committee and Remuneration Committee.
Mervyn Davies, Chairman of Standard Chartered PLC, said:
"I am delighted for Adair. He is an outstanding individual and has been an excellent non-executive director of Standard Chartered. We will miss his contribution at the Board but believe he is ideally suited for this role. We wish him every success."
There is no other information to be disclosed pursuant to any of the requirements under Rule 13.51(2) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. Lord Turner has confirmed that there is nothing which needs to be brought to the attention of the holders of securities of Standard Chartered PLC in respect of his resignation.
By Order of the Board
Annemarie Durbin
Group Company Secretary
Hong Kong, 30 May 2008
As at the date of this announcement, the Board of Directors of the Company comprises:
Chairman:
Mr Evan Mervyn Davies, CBE
Executive Directors:
Mr Peter Alexander Sands; Mr Gareth Richard Bullock; Mr Michael Bernard DeNoma and Mr Richard Henry Meddings;
Independent Non-Executive Directors:
Mr John Wilfred Peace; Mr James Frederick Trevor Dundas; Ms Valerie Frances Gooding, CBE; Mr Rudolph Harold Peter Markham; Ms Ruth Markland; Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal; Mr Paul David Skinner; Mr Oliver Henry James Stocken and Lord Adair Turner.
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Tim Baxter
Head of External Communications
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