LONDON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings plc boardmember Heidi Miller will take the chairmanship of HSBC NorthAmerica at the end of 2015, as Rona Fairhead steps down, priorto her retirement at the 2016 general meeting, the bankannounced on Friday.
Deputy chairman Simon Robertson will also retire at the sametime and board member Safra Catz will stand down at end of 2015.
The bank has also appointed Axa chief executive and chairmanHenri De Castries and former Diageo CEO Paul Walsh asindependent non-executive directors. These appointments willtake effect from 1 March 2016 and 1 January 2016 respectively.
Rona Fairhead and Simon Robertson are HSBC's longest servingnon-executive directors having served for close to 12 and 10years respectively. (Reporting by Emiliano Mellino, editing by William Hardy)