Normal Chartered PLC at the moment introduced that Dr Linda Yueh, impartial non-executive director succeeds Jasmine Whitbread as Chair of the Firm’s Tradition and Sustainability Committee and likewise joins its Governance and Nomination Committee, each with instant impact.
Jasmine Whitbread retires from the Board with impact from at the moment, 3 Might 2023.
Dr Linda Yueh was appointed an impartial non-executive director of Normal Chartered PLC and the Court docket of Normal Chartered Financial institution in January 2023.
She is a famend economist and monetary broadcaster with a various vary of expertise and expertise throughout monetary companies, expertise, not-for-profit and enterprise to enterprise service sectors.
Dr Linda Yueh has held varied educational roles and acted in varied advisory roles after beginning her profession as a company lawyer at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. She was Economics Editor at Bloomberg Information from 2010 to 2012 and Chief Enterprise Correspondent for the BBC between 2013 and 2015. She was a Visiting Professor at LSE IDEAS on the London Faculty of Economics and Political Science from 2019 to 2022 and served on the Impartial Assessment Panel on Ring-Fencing and Proprietary Buying and selling for HM Treasury.
Between 2011 and 2013, Linda Yueh held non-executive directorships with Scottish Mortgage Funding Belief Plc, London & Companions Ltd and JPMorgan Asia Progress & Earnings Plc. She was Senior Impartial Director of Constancy China Particular Conditions Plc from 2019 earlier than stepping down in December 2022. Linda has been awarded a CBE for Companies to Economics within the New Yr Honours Checklist of 2023.
José Viñals, Group Chairman stated:
“We’re delighted that Linda Yueh will succeed Jasmine Whitbread as Chair of the Tradition and Sustainability Committee. Linda’s wealth of extremely related expertise in main and advising on issues referring to sustainability and tradition will guarantee continued robust oversight.
We might additionally prefer to thank Jasmine for her ardour and dedication to the Group throughout her eight years on the Board. Jasmine has chaired the Tradition and Sustainability committee with distinction and performed a key function within the work of the Board. We want Jasmine all the perfect for the longer term.”
