Pyke (1872–1873) Solomon Sassoon (1873–1874) William Forbes (1874–1875) Adolph von Andre (1875–1876) Emanuel Belilios (1876–1877) Hans Hoppius (1877–1878) Frederick Sassoon (1878–1879) William Forbes (1879–1880); second term William Keswick (1880–1881) Alexander McIver (1881–1882) Henry Liston-Dalrymple (1882–1883) Wilhelm Reiners (1883) Alexander MacEwen (1883–1885) Frederick Sassoon (1885–1886); second term Alexander McIver (1886); second term Max Grote (1886–1887) Charles Bottomley (1887–1888) John Bell-Irving (1888–1889) William Forbes (1889–1890); third term Henry Liston-Dalrymple (1890–1891); second term Jacob Moses (1891–1892) Stephen Michaelsen (1892–1893) Hans Hoppius (1893–1894); second term Charles Holliday (1894–1895) Jacob Moses (1895–1896); second term Alexander McConachie (1896–1897) Stephen Michaelsen (1897–1898) James Jardine Bell-Irving (1898–1899) Roderick Gray (1899–1900) Nicolaus Siebs (1900–1901) James Keswick (1901–1902) Robert Shewan (1902–1903) Abraham Raymond (1903–1905); two consecutive terms Herbert Tomkins (1905–1906) Armin Haupt (1906–1907) George Medhurst (1907–1908) Henry Keswick (1908–1909) William Gresson (1909–1910) Herbert Tomkins (1910–1911); second term Edward Shellim (1911–1912) Francis Armstrong (1913–1914) David Landale (1914–1916) Walter Pattenden (1916–1917) Stanley Dodwell (1917–1918) Percy Holyoak (1918–1919) John Plummer (1919–1920) Edward Parr (1920–1921) George Edkins (1921–1922) George Dodwell (1922–1923) Archibald Lang (1923–1924) Dallas Bernard (1926–1928) Albert Compton (1928–1929) Neilage Brown (1929–1930) John Plummer (1930–1931); second term Charles Mackie (1931–1932) John Paterson (1932–1933) Thomas Pearce (1933–1934) Charles Mackie (1934–1935); second term Stanley Dodwell (1935–1936) John Paterson (1936–1937); second term Geoffrey Miskin (1937–1938) Thomas Pearce (1938–1939); second term Andrew Shields (1939–1940) Harrie Wilkinson (1940–1941) John Paterson (1941–1942); third term Arthur Morse (1941–1953) Cedric Blaker (1954–1958) Michael Turner (1959–1962) Hugh Barton (1962–1963) William Knowles (1964) John Saunders (1964–1972) Guy Sayer (1972–1977) Michael Sandberg, Baron Sandberg (1978–1986) Sir William Purves (1986–1994); Group Chief Executive from 1990 to 1992; group chairman from 1990 to 1998; John Gray (1994–1996); concurrent chief executive John Strickland (1997–1999) David Eldon (1999–2005) Vincent Cheng (2005–2010); first local Hong Kong Chinese chairman Michael Geoghegan (2010–2011); group chief executive from 2006 to 2011 Stuart Gulliver (2011–2017); concurrent group chief executive John Flint (2017–2019); concurrent group chief executive Laura Cha (2019–2021); non-executive chairman List of former chief executives Known as chief managers prior to 1986; in 1991, the superceding position of group chief executive of HSBC was formed, with the Chief Executive of the Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation now being the Asia-Pacific regional head. Victor Kresser (1868–1870) James Greig (1871–1876) Sir Thomas Jackson (1876–1886) John Walter (1886–1887) Sir Thomas Jackson (1887–1889); second term George Noble (1889–1890) Sir Thomas Jackson (1890–1891); third term François de Bovis (1891–1893) Sir Thomas Jackson (1893–1902); fourth term James Smith (1902–1910)