In Brief: HSBC-Merrill Online Venture Taps Leaders.(Brief Article)

HSBC Holdings PLC and Merrill Lynch & Co. Monday appointed a board of directors and a management team for the global online banking and investment services company that was announced April 18. It will be a 50-50 partnership with a combined investment of $1 billion. Keith Whitson, group chief executive of HSBC Holdings, will be chairman. Edward L. Goldberg, executive vice president of operations and services at Merrill Lynch, will be the interim chief executive officer. Other directors are Roberta Arena, group general manager of global e-business at HSBC; Bill Dalton, chief executive of HSBC Bank PLC; James Gorman, chief marketing officer of Merrill Lynch; Alan Jebson, group …