Kate Nealon

Kate Nealon was born in 1953 and is a Director of HBOS. Until the end of 2005, Kate was Group Head of Legal and Compliance for Standard Chartered Plc. She joined Standard Chartered in 1992. Kate is a US qualified lawyer who prior to joining Standard Chartered practised international banking law in New York for many years, most recently as a partner at the California based firm of Morrison and Foerster. Kate is a Non-executive Director of Cable & Wireless, a Non-executive Director of the Independent Regulator of the NHS Trust Hospitals and a Senior Associate of the Judge Institute of Management, Cambridge University. She has spoken and written extensively on Corporate Governance and Business Ethics. Kate was appointed a Non-executive Director of HBOS plc with effect from 23 March 2004.