Independent Non-Executive Director

Marks and Spencer Financial Services plc ("MSFS") and HSBC Trust Company (UK) Limited ("HTCU") are wholly owned subsidiaries of HSBC UK Bank plc, which is an integral part of one of the world's largest banking and financial services organisations.

As part of ongoing succession planning, the Boards of MSFS and HTCU plan to appoint up to three independent Non-executive Directors. Given the benefits afforded by cross-directorships within a group, the successful candidates may be asked to serve on either or both of the two companies' Boards. It is also anticipated that one of the successful candidates may be considered for the future Chairmanship of one of the Boards.

Successful candidates will be intellectually able, and a strong strategic and commercial thinker able to win the respect of fellow Board members and the regulators. Open, collaborative and approachable in style, the successful candidates will engage constructively and broadly around the Board table and be prepared to invest time to understand the business and become a strong Boardroom contributor. More specifically, the successful candidates will:

• Ideally have finance expertise and familiarity with accounting and assurance within the financial services sector. Experience in the retail banking sector would be advantageous;
• Have experience of senior leadership roles in consumer facing companies or as a leading advisor or thought leader in the technology sector;
• Ideally have experience in strategic transformation execution, risk and compliance;
• Ideally have exposure to regulated environments, and certainly a sensitivity to, and awareness of, the regulatory environment in which the companies operate;
• Have a clear understanding of the nature of the Non-Executive Director role and the right temperament for it;
• Ideally be UK based, given the need to attend Board meetings in the UK.

In the role as a Non-executive Director, there is an expected time commitment of up to 12 days per annum. In the role as Chairman, there is an expected time commitment of up to 30 days per annum. The time commitments are subject to periodic review and (if needed) adjustment by the Board and additional time may be required on an ad hoc basis.

The deadline for applications is 26 January 2024.

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