Prior to the creation of the group management board in 2006, HSBC's chairman essentially held the duties of a chief executive at an equivalent institution, while HSBC's chief executive served as the deputy.

Prior to Montaigne's time, humanists such as Pico della Mirandola had argued that man was God's greatest creation, made in God's image and able to choose his own nature, but this view was subsequently challenged in Michel de Montaigne's Essais of 1580.

Prior to its creation as the Territory of the Saar Basin by the League of Nations after World War I, the Saarland ( or simply " the Saar ", as is frequently referred to ) did not exist as a unified entity.

Prior to the creation of Pakistan in 1947, modern-day Bangladesh was part of ancient, classical, medieval and colonial India.

Prior to the enactment of the federal securities laws and the creation of the SEC, there existed so-called Blue Sky laws that were enacted and enforced at the state level and regulated the offering and sale of securities to protect the public from fraud.

Prior to the creation of the department, the area was not a natural unit, but much of it was commercially prosperous thanks to traditional industries such as salt and cognac production.

Prior to its creation, cases brought to court were tried in The Dalles, county seat of the vast Wasco County.

Prior to the creation of Carter County the only schools in the area were private subscription schools.

Prior to the creation of Tuttle Creek Lake, the town of Garrison existed in west central Pottawatomie County.

Prior to the creation of the District in 1999, Strawberry was in the Alto-Richardson Fire Protection District.

Prior to the creation of Lake Mead, Moapa Valley also included the town of St. Thomas, which was abandoned in 1938 due to the rising lake level.

Prior to the creation of ZIP codes as a way to uniquely identify addresses, United States Postal Service policy was that two post offices in a state could not have the same name, and there was already a " Woodcliff " in Hudson County.

Prior to the creation of the Gordon Heights Fire Department ( GHFD ) in 1947, there had been no fire services in the community, dating back to its founding in 1927.

Prior to the creation of the Landsting, he represented Greenland in the Parliament of Denmark from 1973, a position he regained in 2001 and still holds.

Prior to the League's creation, a large portion of humanity departed for other planets and solar systems in what came to be known as the Diaspora, leaving those who remained to rebuild from the effects of pollution, resource exhaustion, and the cataclysmic Final War.

" Prior to their creation, nearly all the previous villains in the series were considered too likable.

Prior to Lake's creation of the nickname, sports writers used various others, including: “ B. G.

Prior to the creation of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, these provinces comprised the region:

Prior to the creation of the Sacred Band under Gorgidas, the Athenians had helped the Theban exiles retake control of Thebes and the citadel of Cadmea from Sparta.

Prior to its creation Hallam was a part of the larger Sheffield Borough constituency, which was represented by two Members of Parliament ( MPs ).

Prior to the creation of the municipality of Tulum, the municipality was situated between latitudes 20 ° 45 ' and 19 ° 46 ' north and longitudes 86 ° 57 ' and 88 ° 05 ' west, and had an area of 4, 245. 67 km².

Prior to the creation of the ward on August 1, 1947, the area had been part of Itabashi.

Prior to 1944 the British secondary education system was fundamentally an ad hoc creation.

Prior to the creation of Pyra ’ s “ Blogger ,” the number of blogs in existence was thought to be less than one hundred.

He or she also upon installation automatically becomes a Knight or Dame of Justice and the Prior and Chief Officer in Canada of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem.

Characters he featured in his 9-1am slot included Barry Bethall as ' Basil the Butler ', Ian Collins as ' The Yob ', and Bobby Prior as ' Venus ', Richard Knight as ' Clarence, Number 5 and Grandad '

Prior to filing, Knight had been ordered to pay $ 107 million to Harris.

Armed with the results, Knight persuaded Prior and Genocky to rejoin, coaxed Johnson out of a health-induced retirement, and along with Kemp and Knight, they released Present -- The Very Best of Steeleye Span ( 2002 ), a 2-disc set of new recordings of the songs.

With a new sense of purpose and a stable line-up now consisting of Prior, Nicol, Kemp, Knight and Genockey, the band carried out a UK tour in April and May 2006, followed by dates in Europe and an appearance at the 2006 Cropredy Festival.

For the Spring 2011 tour, the line-up consisted of Prior ( vocals ), Rick Kemp ( bass, vocals ), Peter Knight ( violin, piano, vocals ), Pete Zorn ( guitar ), Julian Littman ( guitar ) and Liam Genockey ( drums and percussion ), and draws on past and current Steeleye Span repertoire.

His title in full is: His Royal Highness Prince Richard Alexander Walter George, Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster and Baron Culloden, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Grand Prior of the Order of St. John, Service Medal of the Order of St. John.

At the time of his death, Prince Henry's full style was: His Royal Highness The Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster and Baron Culloden, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick, Grand Master and Principal Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Grand Prior of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem.

Prior to 1996 New Zealanders received appointments to various British orders, such as the Order of the Bath, the Order of St Michael and St George, the Order of the British Empire, or the Order of the Companions of Honour, as well as the distinction of Knight Bachelor.

Prior to that, Stephen Knight, in his 1976 book Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution, had maintained that Sickert had been forced to be an accomplice of the Ripper.

Prior to the finale, The Advertiser asked Knight if he would be interested in a spin-off focusing on Newman, to which he replied " I think he could show up on Law & Order as a snitch, but as for a weekly dose of Newman, well, I think if occasionally you're hit in the head with a ball-peen hammer, you might get slightly dazed.

Educated with James VI under George Buchanan, he was Knight of Cardonald, Prior of Blantyre, Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland from 1582 to 1596, an Extraordinary Lord of Session from 1593, an Octavian from 1596, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland from 1596 to 1599.

Prior to entering politics, Knight was a park ranger.

Georg was a Grand Prior of the Order of Saint George, a Knight of the Order of Saint Hubert, a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, and a Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle.

Prior to entering the Australian Parliament, Abbott studied for a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Laws at Sydney University and for a Master of Arts as a Rhodes Scholar at The Queen's College, Oxford University.

Prior to his wrestling career, Hyson received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, and was a third grade English teacher.

Prior to The Bachelor, Guiney was in a Lansing, Michigan-based band called " Fat Amy ".

Prior to becoming a television writer, Boucher had worked at Calor Gas as a management trainee and he also gained a Bachelor of Arts in Economics at the University of Essex.

Prior to that time, the College conferred a Bachelor of Christian Studies degree which was recognized by the AUCC ( Association of Universities & Colleges of Canada ) as comparable to the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree.

Prior to becoming Superintendent of the Wesley Mission in 1979, he was an ordained Churches of Christ in Australia minister, serving at Victorian churches in Ascot / Newmarket, Ararat and Cheltenham, while graduating from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Arts in 1961.

Prior to competing at Miss Universe, Glebova worked as a model and received her Bachelor of Commerce in Information Technology Management and Marketing at Ryerson University in Toronto.