Ben Mathews
Group Company Secretary, HSBC
Ben Mathews was appointed Group Company Secretary of HSBC Holdings plc on 1 July 2013.
Ben joined HSBC from Rio Tinto, where he had been Company Secretary since 2007, managing the dual listings in London and Sydney. Before that, he spent over five years with BG Group, the leading natural gas producer. He has extensive experience in international corporates, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and share listing across a range of companies. He qualified as a chartered company secretary with PricewaterhouseCoopers in London.
He graduated with honours in European Studies and French. After a period of postgraduate study he was elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.