HSBC appoints interim chair Brendan Nelson to permanent role
Questions raised about permanency of 76-year-old’s appointment and ‘leadership stability at critical juncture for bank’Business live – latest updatesHSBC has appointed the former KPMG partner Brendan Nelson as its chair after a prolonged search process that left one of the world’s biggest...
<p>Questions raised about permanency of 76-year-old’s appointment and ‘leadership stability at critical juncture for bank’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/dec/03/thames-water-profits-surge-higher-bills-prada-buys-versace-for-14bn-business-live-news">Business live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>HSBC has appointed the former KPMG partner Brendan Nelson as its chair after a prolonged search process that left one of the world’s biggest banks without a permanent executive in the top role for months.</p><p>The decision to appoint Nelson, who has been serving as interim chair, came as a surprise, after a protracted hunt for a permanent successor for Mark Tucker which involved courting external candidates including the former chancellor George Osborne and the head of Goldman Sachs’s Asia-Pacific division, Kevin Sneader.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/03/hsbc-appoints-interim-chair-brendan-nelson-to-permanent-role">Continue reading...</a>
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