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Sandra L. Derickson has been a director of Hexcel since February 2002. Ms. Derickson is Chair of the nominating and corporate governance committee, and is a member of the compensation committee. Since May 2004, Ms. Derickson has served as Vice Chair of HSBC Finance Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings, plc, one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world. She is responsible for its Retail Services, Insurance Services, Taxpayer Financial, Auto Finance and UK operations. In March 2005, she was also named Group General Manager of HSBC Holdings, plc and given additional responsibility for its Mortgage Services operation, HSBC Mortgage Corporation, and Corporate Marketing. From September 2000 to May 2004, she served first as the Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Retail Services and then as Group Executive for the Retail Services, Insurance Services and Refund Lending businesses, before being named Vice Chair. From 1976 to 1999, Ms. Derickson held various management positions with General Electric Capital Corporation, the last of which was President of GE Capital Auto Financial Services, the largest non-captive auto leasing business in the world, from 1991 to 1999. Ms. Derickson was also an officer of the General Electric Company from 1991 to 1999. | 