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Mrs. Davenport was appointed Executive Vice President and General Counsel HSBC Finance Corporation as of April 2011, and General Counsel HSBC Retail Banking and Wealth Management since December 2011.
Mrs. Davenport joined Household International, Inc. in September of 1989. From 1989 to 1997, she held the positions of Counsel and then Senior Counsel in the Household Bank, f.s.b., law department, primarily supporting the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac residential mortgage business. In 1997, she moved to the Credit Card Services law department where she held the positions of Associate General Counsel and then Deputy General Counsel. In March 2004, she was promoted to the position of General Counsel-Retail Services and after the integration of the Retail Services and Card Services business units in the summer of 2007, she became General Counsel of the combined businesses. In June 2009, she was promoted to the position of Senior Vice President-Group General Counsel leading a team of lawyers supporting the Personal Financial Services, Card and Retail Services, Taxpayer Financial Services and Insurance businesses, as well as the Technology Services function. Effective April 2011, she assumed the position of General Counsel of HSBC Finance Corporation providing support for Card and Retail Services, Consumer and Mortgage Lending and Insurance and effective December 2011 she assumed the additional role of General Counsel of HSBC’s Retail Banking and Wealth Management business.
