HSBC Holdings plc announced that Laura Cha, Henri de Castries and Heidi Miller retired from the Board at the conclusion of the AGM. Laura Cha, Henri de Castries and Heidi Miller stepped down from the Committees of which they were members following their retirement from the Board; Eileen Murray stepped down as a member of the Group Audit Committee; Pauline van der Meer Mohr stepped down as a member of the Group Risk Committee; Irene Lee stepped down as a member of the Group Remuneration Committee; and Dr. Jos Antonio Meade Kuribrea was appointed as an additional member of the Group Remuneration Committee.