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Georges Elhedery
Born1974[1][2]
Beirut, Lebanon
Education
OccupationBanker
TitleCEO, HSBC
TermSeptember 2024-
PredecessorNoel Quinn

Georges Elhedery (born 1974) is a Lebanese banker, who has been the group chief executive officer (CEO) of HSBC since September 2024.

Early life and education

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Elhedery was born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1974, just before the Lebanese Civil War.[2][3] His father was a banker, and his mother a teacher.[3] He earned a degree in engineering at the École Polytechnique in Paris, followed by a postgraduate degree in statistics and economics from the École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Économique.[3][4] He interned in Germany with Caisse des dépôts et consignations, a French public sector financial institution.[5]

Career

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Elhedery began his career in banking withBanque Paribas in Tokyo in 1997.[6] He then worked for Goldman Sachs from 2001 to 2005, before joining HSBC.[7]

His roles at HSBC have included head of the bank in the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey from 2016 to 2019,[2][8] and chief financial officer in 2023 to 2024.[9] Elhedery succeeded Noel Quinn as group CEO of HSBC in September 2024.[3] Following his appointment, Elhedery restructured HSBC into four units and refocused its investment banking on Asia.[10][11] As of February 2025, Elhedery earns a total of $6.8 million in annual compensation from HSBC.[12]

Elhedery speaks fluent Arabic, French, English, German, and Spanish, and is proficient in Japanese.[5][13] In 2022, he took a six-month sabbatical to learn Mandarin.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "HSBC HOLDINGS PLC". Companies House. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "HSBC's Georges Elhedery: Lucky man". Euromoney. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d Cruise, Sinead (17 July 2024). "Who is Georges Elhedery, HSBC's new CEO?". Reuters. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  4. ^ Klimes, Michael (17 July 2024). "HSBC appoints Elhedery as CEO to continue bank's Asia focus". The Banker. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  5. ^ a b Dunkley, Emma (5 November 2022). "Georges Elhedery: HSBC's heir apparent". Financial Times. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  6. ^ Makartoff, Kalyeena; Simpson, Jack (17 July 2024). "HSBC names new Mandarin-speaking CEO as bank prepares for US-China tensions". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  7. ^ a b Makortoff, Kalyeena (17 July 2024). "'More politicised than any other bank': HSBC's new boss prepares to ride the Chinese tiger". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  8. ^ Makortoff, Kalyeena; Simpson, Jack (17 July 2024). "HSBC names new Mandarin-speaking CEO as bank prepares for US-China tensions". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  9. ^ Mitchell, Josh; Feng, Rebecca (17 July 2024). "HSBC Names Georges Elhedery as Chief Executive". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  10. ^ Wee, Denise (26 February 2025). "HSBC Names Asia Country, Banking Heads in CEO's Major Revamp". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  11. ^ Aliaj, Ortenca; Wiggins, Kaye (13 February 2025). "HSBC to unveil $1.5bn savings as restructuring by new CEO kicks in". Financial Times. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  12. ^ Wee, Denise. "HSBC to Pay CEO Elhedery Total $6.8 Million as Bonus Pool Steady". Bloomberg.
  13. ^ Wilson, Harry (17 July 2024). "HSBC's New Mandarin-Speaking CEO Reveals British Lender's Deepening Asia Pivot". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 27 May 2025.


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