Newton Stabb (1910–1920) Alexander Stephen (1920–1924) Arthur Barlow (1924–1927) Arthur Hynes (1927–1930) Sir Vandeleur Grayburn (1930–1941) Sir Arthur Morse (1941–1953) Michael Turner (1953–1962) Sir Jake Saunders (1962–1964) Hsi-Jui Shen (1964–1972) Guy Sayer (1972–1977) Michael Sandberg, Baron Sandberg (1978–1986) Sir William Purves (1986–1992) John Gray (1993–1996) David Eldon (1997–1999) Aman Mehta (1999–2004) Michael Smith (2004–2007) Sandy Flockhart (2007–2009) Peter Wong (2010–2021) Cultural references In Hong Kong, the local population sometimes refers to the bank as 獅子銀行, "the Lion Bank", after the pair of lion sculptures outside the bank's headquarters, which also appear in some banknotes. Local films and television series set in Hong Kong, especially comedies, use this nickname when referring to the bank. Although the Hong Kong Government changed the official spelling of "Hongkong" to "Hong Kong", by the instructions of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, on 3 September 1926, HSBC uses the older Hongkong, as the bank's name was conceived before the official declaration of the modern two-word name, and it was decided to retain the single word spelling in the bank's name: Hongkong. The English humorist P. G. Wodehouse was a junior employee at the bank's London office in Lombard Street from 1900 to 1902, and used the bank as an inspiration for some of his early work, especially his 1910 novel Psmith in the City. See also HSBC Holdings plc HSBC Bank (China) HSBC Bank Australia HSBC Bank Malaysia Hang Seng Bank Bank of Communications HSBC Hong Kong headquarters building References Further reading King, A. H. ed. Eastern banking: essays in the history of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (1983) online External links The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited HSBC History John Gray - Daily Telegraph obituary Banks established in 1865 1865 establishments in Hong Kong Banks of Hong Kong HSBC subsidiaries Companies formerly listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Companies formerly listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Former companies in the Hang Seng Index Banknote issuers of Hong Kong History of companies of China Chinese companies established in 1865