Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is the senior executive team of the Group. Some of its principal functions are to:

• provide consistent, joined-up, leadership to the entire HBOS Group;
  
• review and comment on all issues and papers requiring HBOS Board or Audit Committee approval;
  
• consider decisions and initiate appropriate actions following HBOS Board and Audit Committee meetings;
• review and challenge the performance of individual businesses compared to business plans led by the Chief Executive and the Group Finance Director;
  
• act as a forum for seeking comments and consensus on issues or policy decisions where a Group view is required;
  
• consider and review strategy, including any specific strategic initiatives raised by a Division, and for the continuous programme of Strategic Reviews of individual business segments, the results of which will be reported to the HBOS Board;
  
• consider proposed Group-wide communications in respect of issues affecting the whole or significant parts of the Group; and
  
• review all reports supporting the HBOS Board’s process for reviewing the effectiveness of the Group’s system of internal control.
  

The eight executive directors along with Harry Baines and Peter Hickman make up the Executive Committee.

Executive Committee members

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• Andy Hornby - Group Chief Executive
• Jo Dawson - Chief Executive, Retail Distribution, Insurance & Investment
• Colin Matthew - Chief Executive, International and Treasury & Asset Management
• Peter Cummings - Chief Executive, Corporate
• Harry Baines - Company Secretary & Group Counsel
• Dan Watkins - Chief Executive, Retail Products
• Philip Gore-Randall – Chief Operating Officer
• Peter Hickman – Group Risk Director
• Mike Ellis - Group Finance Director (designate)