Board Appointment

HSBC Holdings PLC
30 November 2007

                      HSBC HOLDINGS PLC - BOARD APPOINTMENT

Jose Luis Duran (43) has been appointed a Director of HSBC Holdings plc with
effect from 1 January 2008. He will be an independent non-executive Director.

Mr Duran is Chief Executive of Carrefour SA and Chairman of its Management Board
of Directors. He has worked with Carrefour since 1991, and has broad experience
in both developed and emerging markets. He has held a number of positions within
the group's businesses in Spain, southern Europe and the Americas, and was
appointed Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, Organisation and
Systems in 2001. In 2005 he became Chief Executive and was appointed Chairman of
the Management Board.

The Carrefour group operates over 12,500 stores in 30 countries, and is the
world's second-largest retailer and the largest in Europe. The group operates in
three major markets - Europe, Latin America and Asia - and over half of its
turnover derives from countries outside France. This includes Brazil, where it
has operated since 1975, and China, a market it entered in 1995.

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

Notes to editors:

1. Brief biography for Jose Luis Duran
Mr Duran has been Chief Executive of Carrefour SA and Chairman of its Management
Board of Directors since 2005. He joined the company in 1991. From 1991 to 1994,
he was Head of Accounting & Cash Management, Spain; from 1994 to 1996, Financial
Controller, Southern Europe; from 1996 to 1997, Financial Controller, Latin
America; from 1997 to 2001, Chief Financial Officer, Spain; and from 2001 to
2005, Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, Organisation and Systems.

Mr Duran received a bachelor's degree in economics from Instituto Catolico de
Administracion y Direccion de Empresas University in Spain, and qualified as a
chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen. He is married with two children and
lives in France. In his spare time he enjoys sport, music and walking.

2. HSBC Holdings plc
HSBC Holdings plc serves over 125 million customers worldwide through around
10,000 offices in 83 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific
region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. With assets of some US$2,150
billion at 30 June 2007, HSBC is one of the world's largest banking and
financial services organisations. HSBC is marketed worldwide as 'the world's
local bank'.






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