Sir John Bond

Chairman, Vodafone Group Plc.

“China: A Perspective”

Thursday, September 13, 2007;
6:30 pm - Jordan Auditorium - Mendoza College of Business

Sir John Bond is chairman of the Vodafone Group Plc, the world’s largest mobile telecommunications company.  He also serves as a non-executive director of Ford Motor Company. Until May 2006, when he stepped down after a 45 year career, Bond was group chairman of HSBC Holdings Plc, one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world, having joined The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in 1961.

Bond worked in Asia for 25 years and in the US for four years, before moving to London in 1993 to become HSBC Group CEO. He became group chairman in May 1998. Under his leadership, HSBC expanded from being a predominantly Asian bank with branches in 20 countries to a global bank with 10,000 offices in 78 countries around the world, including Latin America, Canada, the UK and the US.

In 1999, during the Queen’s Birthday Honors, he was knighted for his services to banking. In 2003 he received both the Foreign Policy Association’s Gold Medal and the Magnolia Gold Award from the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government. Most recently, in 2007, he was recognized for his lifetime achievements at the European Business Awards.

Bond serves as chairman of the Hong Kong Chief Executive’s Council of International Advisors and has been a governor of the English-Speaking Union (1997–2003).  He was chairman of the Institute of International Finance, an organization of over 300 banks in Washington, DC (1998–2003), and was elected president of the International Monetary Conference (IMC) in June 2002. In addition to serving as non-executive director of the Ford Motor Company, his previous appointments include non-executive director of London Stock Exchange (1994–99), British Steel (1994–98) and Orange (1996–99).

This event is sponsored by the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, the Mendoza College of Business, and the Center for Asian Studies.

It is free and open to the public.