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HSBC Holdings Plc
Branches And Agencies Of Foreign Banks United Kingdom
Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 5 | Euronext Paris: HSB | Bermuda Stock Exchange: HSBC
Company Description
HSBC Holdings Plc operates as a holding company for the HSBC Group. It provides banking and financial services through four global businesses, including Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Commercial Banking, Global Banking and Markets and Global Private Banking. The company's operating segments are organized into six geographical regions, including Europe, Hong Kong, Rest of Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, North America and Latin America. The Retail Banking and Wealth Management business offers various products and services to meet the personal banking, consumer finance and wealth management needs of individual customers. The Commercial Banking product offerings include the provision of receivables financing services, payments and cash management, international trade finance, treasury and capital markets, commercial cards, insurance, cash and derivatives in foreign exchange rates, online and direct banking offerings. The Global Banking and Markets business provides financial solutions to government, corporate and institutional clients and private investors. The Global Private Banking business provides services to net worth individuals and families with complex and international needs. The company's business roots back to 1865. HSBC Holdings was founded on January 1, 1959 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
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Executives
- D J Flint, Chairman
- Skills and experience: extensive governance experience gained through membership of the Boards of HSBC and BP; considerable knowledge of finance and risk management in banking, multinational financial reporting, treasury and securities trading operations; honoured with a CBE in recognition of his services to the finance industry; a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and the Association of Corporate Treasurers. Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Joined HSBC in 1995. Appointed to the Board: 1995 Current appointments include: director of The Hong Kong Association since 6 February 2011; and Vice Chairman and Chairman Designate (June 2012) of the Institute of International Finance. Former appointments include: Group Finance Director and Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director, Risk and Regulation. Co-Chairman of the Counterparty Risk Management Policy Group III; Chairman of the Financial Reporting Council's review of the Turnbull Guidance on Internal Control; a member of the Accounting Standards Board and the Standards Advisory Council of the International Accounting Standards Board; served on the Large Business Forum on Tax and Competitiveness and the Consultative Committee of the Large Business Advisory Board of HM Revenue and Customs; and a former partner in KPMG. Ceased to be Chairman and a member of the Nomination Committee on 2 December 2011. Ceased to be a non-executive director of BP p.l.c. on 14 April 2011.
- S T Gulliver, Group Chief Executive
- Skills and experience: a career banker with over 30 years' international experience with HSBC; has held a number of key roles in the Group's operations worldwide, including in London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur and the United Arab Emirates; played a leading role in developing and expanding Global Banking and Markets, the wholesale banking division of the Group with operations in over 65 countries and territories. Joined HSBC in 1980. Appointed to the Board: 2008 Current appointments include: Group Chief Executive and Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited since 1 January 2011; Chairman of HSBC France; and Chairman of the Group Management Board. Former appointments include: Chairman, Europe, Middle East and Global Businesses; Chairman of HSBC Bank plc and of HSBC Bank Middle East Limited; Head of Global Banking and Markets; Co-Head of Global Banking and Markets; Head of Global Markets; Head of Treasury and Capital Markets in Asia-Pacific. Ceased to be Deputy Chairman of HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG and a member of its Supervisory Board on 7 June 2011; and Chairman of HSBC Private Banking Holdings (Suisse) SA on 6 December 2011.
- I J Mackay, Group Finance Director
- Skills and experience: extensive financial and international experience, having worked in London, Paris, US and Asia. Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Joined HSBC in 2007. Appointed to the Board: 2010 Current appointments include: member of the Group Management Board. Former appointments include: director of Hang Seng Bank Limited; Chief Financial Officer, Asia Pacific; and Chief Financial Officer, HSBC North America Holdings Inc; Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GE Consumer Finance and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GE Healthcare - Global Diagnostic Imaging.
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