Board and Committee Changes

HSBC Holdings PLC
02 January 2007




HSBC HOLDINGS PLC BOARD AND COMMITTEE CHANGES

Jose Francisco Gil Diaz (63) has been appointed a Director of HSBC Holdings plc
with effect from 2 January 2007.

Mr Gil Diaz, BSc, MA, PhD, an independent non-executive Director, was Secretary
of Finance and Public Credit in Mexico until 30 November 2006.  He was Chief
Executive Officer of Avantel, a Mexican telecommunications company, from 1997 to
2000.  Prior to that he was vice-governor of the Central Bank of Mexico where he
also served as director of economic research, director general of tax policy and
member of the board of governors. He is a member of the governing board of the
Iberoamerican University and of the board of visitors of the Anderson School of
Business at the University of California, Los Angeles. A member of the Group of
Trustees of the Principles for Emerging Markets, part of the Institute of
International Finance, Inc. A Board Member of CIDAC, a Mexican Centre of
Research for Development and a Member of the Advisory Board of J.E. Roberts Cos.
Inc.

There are no matters relating to the appointment of Mr Gil Diaz that need to be
disclosed pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13(2) to (6).

Biographical details about Mr Gil Diaz are stated below.

The Board of Directors has made the following appointments with effect from the
conclusion of the Annual General Meeting to be held in 2007:

Simon Robertson, an independent non-executive Director since January 2006, to be
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director and a member of the Nomination
Committee;

Sir Brian Williamson, an independent non-executive Director since 2002, to be
chairman of the Nomination Committee;

James Hughes-Hallett, an independent non-executive Director since 2005, to be a
member of the Nomination Committee;

Gwyn Morgan, an independent non-executive Director since October 2006, to be a
member of the Remuneration Committee;

Rona Fairhead, an independent non-executive Director since 2004, to be chairman
of the Group Audit Committee; and

Stewart Newton, an independent non-executive Director since 2002, to be a member
of the Group Audit Committee.

Sharon Hintze, Raymond Ch'ien and Helmut Sohmen will retire at the Annual
General Meeting in 2007 and will not seek re-election.

Following the Annual General Meeting in 2007, Sir Brian Moffat will cease to be
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director and a member of the Group Audit
Committee; Lord Butler will cease to be a member of the Nomination Committee;
and William Fung will cease to be a member of the Remuneration Committee.


Jose Francisco Gil Diaz

Jose Francisco Gil Diaz has been appointed to the Board as an independent non-
executive Director of HSBC Holdings plc with effect from 2 January 2007.

Mr Gil Diaz, was Secretary of Finance and Public Credit in Mexico until 30
November 2006. Between 1997 and 2000 he was Chief Executive Officer of Avantel,
a Mexican telephone and internet service provider.  Between 1994 and 1997 he was
vice-governor of the Central Bank of Mexico, where he also served as a director
of economic research, director general of tax policy and member of the board of
governors.  He is a member of the governing board of the Iberoamerican
University and of the board of visitors of the Anderson School of Business at
the University of California, Los Angeles. A member of the Group of Trustees of
the Principles for Emerging Markets, part of the Institute of International
Finance, Inc. A Board Member of CIDAC, a Mexican Centre of Research for
Development and a Member of the Advisory Board of J.E. Roberts Cos. Inc.

Mr Gil Diaz received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Autonomous
Technology Institute of Mexico, where he has also been a Professor, and a PhD in
economics from the University of Chicago. He is married and has four children.
In his spare time he enjoys mountain biking, wind surfing and alpine skiing.



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