Halifax Bank of Scotland

HBoS Head Office^[1]

Formed from the merger of the Halifax Building Society and Bank of Scotland in 2001, and head quartered in Edinburgh, with 22 million customers and assets of over £540 billion^[2], HBoS ranks third in the list of Scotland's top 500 companies and is the seventh largest bank in Europe.^[3] The company employs around 68,000 staff.

The HBoS is one of the largest commercial sponsors of sport and the arts in Scotland, to the tune of £19.5 million in 2003, and is best known for its sponsorship of the Scottish Premier League.

HBoS subsidiaries also include considerable interests in Australia where it is said to have expansion plans:^[4] Bank of Western Australia Ltd, BankWest, Capital Finance and St Andrews Insurance; and UK companies Clerical Medical, Birmingham Midshires, Capital Bank, Godfrey Davis, Lex Vehicle Leasing, Hill Hire Plc, BM Solutions; The Mortgage Business; Rightmove; First Alternative; Esure; Employee Share Services; Mentor Professional Services; St Andrews Group, St James's Place Bank, St James's Place Group (formerly known as St James's Place Capital Plc), and of course Banco Halifax Hispania, Bank of Scotland (Ireland) and Bank of Scotland (The Netherlands).

People

The Chairman of the Board is Dennis Stevenson. In addition there are five executive directors and eight non-executive directors, including Sir Ronald Garrick who is the deputy chairman.

• Dennis Stevenson

Executive directors

• James Crosby
• Phil Hodkinson
• Andy Hornby
• Colin Matthew
• Peter Cummings

Non-Executive Directors

• Sir Ronald Garrick
• Charles Dunstone
• Tony Hobson
• Brian Ivory
• Coline McConville
• Kate Nealon
• David Shearer

Spinners and lobbyists

• Duncan Cantor
• Phil Hodkinson, Corporate Responsibility Forum
• Shane O'Riordain, General Manager, Group Communications, Vizard's boss.
• Liza Vizard

Notes

1. ^ HBoS website http://www.hbosplc.com/abouthbos/home.asp, last viewed 01.02.07
2. ^ Scottish Enterprise website http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/sedotcom_home/services_to_business_international/lis/about-scotland/about_scotland-keyfacts.htm last viewed 31.01.07
3. ^ 'HBoS cultivates down under for growth' Sunday Herald 28 November 2004