Name
Sir Jonathan Symonds CBE
Job Title
Chair
Company
GSK Plc
Speaker Bio
Jon was appointed to the Board of GSK as Chair on 1 September 2019.
Jon has extensive international financial, life sciences and governance experience.
Jon served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of HSBC Holdings plc from April 2014 and as Chairman of the Group Audit Committee from 1 September 2014 and Deputy Group Chairman from August 2018, until his retirement from the Board in February 2020.
Jon was previously Chairman of HSBC Bank plc, Chief Financial Officer of Novartis AG, Partner and Managing Director of Goldman Sachs, Chief Financial Officer of AstraZeneca plc, and a Partner at KPMG.
Jon is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
External appointments
• Non-Executive Director, Genomics England Limited having previously served as its Chair
• Non-Executive Chair, Energy Aspects
• Member, European Round Table for Industry
• Senior Advisor to Chatham House
Jon has extensive international financial, life sciences and governance experience.
Jon served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of HSBC Holdings plc from April 2014 and as Chairman of the Group Audit Committee from 1 September 2014 and Deputy Group Chairman from August 2018, until his retirement from the Board in February 2020.
Jon was previously Chairman of HSBC Bank plc, Chief Financial Officer of Novartis AG, Partner and Managing Director of Goldman Sachs, Chief Financial Officer of AstraZeneca plc, and a Partner at KPMG.
Jon is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
External appointments
• Non-Executive Director, Genomics England Limited having previously served as its Chair
• Non-Executive Chair, Energy Aspects
• Member, European Round Table for Industry
• Senior Advisor to Chatham House