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Mr. Bond has been a member of the Board of Vodafone since January 2005 and was elected non-executive Chairman on July 25 2006. Mr. Bond retired as Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc on May 26 2006. He had been associated with the Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation for 45 years. Mr. Bond was elected Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc in May 1998. He was Group Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Holdings from 1993 to 1998. From 1991 to 1993 he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of HSBC USA Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings and which is now HSBC North America Holdings Inc. Mr. Bond was Chairman of the Institute of International Finance from 1998 to 2003. Additionally Mr. Bond became a consultant to Ford’s Executive Chairman in September 2006. He also became a senior advisor to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in July 2006. | 