Kate Nealon

Kate Nealon is a US qualified lawyer with extensive international experience. She was appointed Non-executive Director of the Halifax Bank of Scotland in March 2004^[1]. Nealon was born in 1953 and was a graduate of Georgetown University in Washington DC. She has held senior positions in both the US and the UK, focussing on material legal, governance and regulatory issues^[2]. She practised international banking law in New York for many years, as well as being a partner at the California based law firm of Morrison and Foerster^[3]. Until the end of 2005, Nelson was the Group Head of Legal and Compliance for Standard Chartered Plc. She has spoken and written extensively on Corporate Governance and Business Ethics.

Affiliations

• Cable & Wireless Non-executive Director
• Monitor (independent regulator of NHS Trust Hospitals) a Non-executive Director
• Judge Institute of Management, Cambridge University Senior Associate
• Institute of Business Ethics Advisory Council
• Socia Advisory Board
• Shire Non-executive Director and Chair of Remuneration Committee

References

1. ^Socia, Kate Nelson Advisory Board
2. ^HBOS plc Non-executive Directors
3. ^HBOS plc Non-executive Directors