Bernard Asher was an executive director of HSBC Holdings plc and chairman of the HSBC Holdings’ subsidiary HSBC Investment Bank plc. He was chairman of Lonrho Africa plc vice-chairman of the Court of Governors of the London School of Economics and of the Legal & General Group plc and a director of Morgan Sindall plc. He is chairman of Lion Trust Asset Management and senior independent director of Morgan Sindall. He was appointed a director of Randgold Resources in 1997 and senior independent director in 2003. |