Stuart Gulliver has been in the post of group chief executive and chairman of the group management board of HSBC since 1 January 2011. Prior to this he was group managing director since 2004, and group general manager since 2000. Gulliver’s 30-year banking in HSBC has seen him hold a variety of key posts worldwide, including London, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates. He played a leading role in developing and expanding global banking and markets, the wholesale banking division of the group with operations in over 65 countries and territories.