Noel Quinn was appointed Group Chief Executive in 2020, after serving almost one year as interim Group Chief Executive. Prior to his current appointment, he was the Regional Head of Commercial Banking for Asia-Pacific, based in Hong Kong. Mr Quinn has been with HSBC – or its constituent companies – since 1987, when he joined Forward Trust Group, a subsidiary of Midland Bank (now HSBC UK). He led HSBC’s acquisitions of Swan National Motor Finance and Eversholt Leasing Ltd, becoming General Manager of each business in turn.
