Chairman & executive directors

1. Sir Tom McKillop (age 63)

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Appointed to the Board as Deputy Chairman in September 2005, Sir Tom is a non-executive director of BP p.l.c., and president of the Science Council. He was formerly chief executive of AstraZeneca PLC, and was previously president of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations and chairman of the British Pharma Group. He is Pro-Chancellor of the University of Leicester and a trustee of the Council for Industry and Higher Education.

Group Chief Executive

2. Sir Fred Goodwin (age 48) DUniv, FCIBS, FCIB, LLD

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Appointed to the Board in August 1998, Sir Fred is a Chartered Accountant. He was formerly chief executive and director, Clydesdale Bank PLC and Yorkshire Bank PLC. He is chairman of The Prince's Trust, a non-executive director of Bank of China Limited and a former president of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland.

Group Finance Director

3. Guy Whittaker (age 50)

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Appointed to the Board in February 2006, Guy Whittaker was formerly group treasurer at Citigroup Inc., based in New York, having previously held a number of management positions within the financial markets business at Citigroup. He was elected a Lady Beaufort Fellow of Christ's College Cambridge in 2004.

Chief Executive, Corporate Markets

4. Johnny Cameron (age 52) FCIBS

Appointed to the Board in March 2006, Johnny Cameron joined RBS from Dresdner Kleinwort Benson in 1998. In 2000, he was appointed Deputy Chief Executive of Corporate Banking & Financial Markets (CBFM) with responsibility for the integration of the NatWest and RBS Corporate Banking businesses. In October 2001 he was appointed Chief Executive CBFM, subsequently renamed Corporate Markets in January 2006.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

5. Lawrence Fish (age 62)

Appointed to the Board in January 1993, Lawrence Fish is an American national. He is a career banker and was previously a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. He is a trustee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and The Brookings Institution, and a director of Textron Inc. and numerous community organisations in the USA.

Chief Executive, Manufacturing

6. Mark Fisher (age 46) FCIBS

Appointed to the Board in March 2006, Mark Fisher is a career banker having joined National Westminster Bank Plc in 1981. In 2000, he was appointed Chief Executive, Manufacturing with various responsibilities including the integration of RBS and NatWest systems platforms. He is chairman of APACS Administration Limited.

Chief Executive, Retail Markets

7. Gordon Pell (age 57) FCIBS, FCIB

Appointed to the Board in March 2000, Gordon Pell was formerly group director of Lloyds TSB UK Retail Banking before joining National Westminster Bank Plc as a director in February 2000 and then becoming chief executive, Retail Banking. He is also a director of Race for Opportunity and a member of the National Employment Panel and the FSA Practitioner Panel. He was appointed chairman of the Business Commission on Racial Equality in the Workplace in July 2006.