HSBC has announced that Jonathan Bingham has been appointed as the bank’s interim group chief financial officer (CFO).

The appointment will be effective from 2 September 2024.

HSBC confirmed that Bingham will not be appointed as an executive director, and will retain his existing responsibilities as global financial controller while holding the role of interim CFO.

As global financial controller, he is responsible for a team that provides stewardship of HSBC’s external financial, regulatory, ESG and tax reporting.

Prior to joining HSBC in 2020, Bingham worked for KPMG LLP for 20 years, of which the final 10 years were as a Banking Partner, in which he led KPMG’s relationships with international banking clients.

Chief executive designate at HSBC, Georges Elhedery, said: “Jon has outstanding technical accounting and regulatory knowledge and expertise and was the clear choice to provide interim succession for the Group CFO role.”

HSBC also confirmed that process to identify the group’s next permanent CFO is underway.

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