Douglas Flint is currently group chairman and chairman of the nomination committee of HSBC Holdings, a post he has been in since December 2010. Prior to this he was chief financial officer, executive director, risk and regulation since February 2010. Flint has served in a variety of roles within HSBC since he first joined in 1995 as group finance director-designate. Before joining HSBC, Flint was with KPMG, where he was appointed a partner of the firm in 1988. In June 2006 he was honoured with a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) by Her Majesty the Queen of England in recognition of his services to the finance industry.