- Sandy Flockhart
Alexander Andrew Flockhart CBE (also called Sandy Flockhart, zh-c|c=霍嘉治, born
22 December 1951 ) is theCEO ofThe Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited .He was born in
UK and brought up and educated inEdinburgh ,Scotland where he attendedGeorge Watson's College . He joinedHSBC in July 1974 after graduating in law (LLB) fromEdinburgh University .His appointments include postings to
Hong Kong , theUnited Arab Emirates andQatar . From 1992-1994, Flockhart served as CEO ofThailand branch of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. In January 1995, he became Deputy Managing Director of The Saudi British Bank (SABB ).He was "Presidente y Director General" of
HSBC Mexico from October 2002, during which time he openedTorre HSBC , the new headquarters of the bank in April 2006. In September 2006, Flockhart became the CEO and President of HSBC forLatin America and theCaribbean .In June 2007, the HSBC Group announced that Flockhart was to become CEO of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. [cite news|url=http://paper.wenweipo.com/2007/06/21/FI0706210017.htm|title=霍嘉治接替邵銘高空缺|publisher=Wenweipo|date=21 Jun 2007] He also became Chairman and non-executive director of
HSBC Bank Malaysia , a director ofHSBC Bank Australia and a non-executive director ofHSBC Bank (China) andHang Seng Bank . He became an executive director of HSBC Holdings in May 2008.Flockhart’s interests include
golf ,fishing , classic cars and history. He is married with four children, two of them were born in Hong Kong.He was appointed
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours. [cite news|url=http://www.takungpao.com/news/08/03/04/JJ-872411.htm|title=新增兩執董專注新興市場|publisher=takungpao|date=4 Mar 2008]References
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