Peter Wong (banker)

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Peter Wong Tung-shun
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Spouse Yan Junqi
Children2
OccupationGroup Managing Director, HSBC Group
Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited [1]

Peter Wong Tung-shun, JP (born November 1951, in British Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong banker associated with the HSBC, StanChart and Citi. He retired as CEO of HSBC Asia-Pacific and became non-executive chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, effective 7 June 2021. [2] He holds a BComm degree from the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada, a master's degree in computer science and another master's degree in marketing and finance from Indiana University in the United States. [3]

He is[ when? ] one of the 124 members of Hong Kong's delegation to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Biography

In 2020, in a highly symbolic act that ended the bank's previous political neutrality, Wong signed a public petition supporting the Chinese leadership's creation of a far-reaching national security law for Hong Kong. The move was understood as politically necessary to avoid punitive action against the bank by Beijing but drew widespread international and local Hong Kong criticism. [1] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 China has HSBC’s taipan in a vice with few options but to fall in line with the security law for Hong Kong in the bank’s biggest market, SCMP, 4 July 2020
  2. HSBC (7 June 2021). "HSBC appoints David Liao and Surendra Rosha as Co-Chief Executives for Asia Pacific". Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  3. Peter Wong
  4. "Peter Wong Tung-shun biodata" (PDF).
  5. HSBC’s Asia chief backs China security law for Hong Kong, CNBC, Jun 3 2020