David Gordon Eldon CBE (, born 1945) is former chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. He retired in May 2005, after spending 37 years with HSBC Group, but remains actively engaged in banking and business life. Career Eldon commenced a career in banking with an Australian banking group in London in 1964, and joined The British Bank of the Middle East (now HSBC Bank Middle East Limited) in 1968. In January that year he took up his first position in Dubai, remaining in the Middle East undertaking a variety of roles in different countries. He was appointed Manager of Sharjah branch in 1973 and Manager of Ras Al Khaimah branch in 1977. He took up his first position in Hong Kong in 1979 as Manager Special Projects in the head office of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. He later became a District Manager, with responsibility for the Bank's branches in Mongkok. Eldon was appointed Deputy managing director of The Saudi British Bank (SABB) in 1984 and returned to Hong Kong in 1987, when he took up the position of Senior Manager (International Corporate Accounts). At the end of 1988, he was appointed chief executive officer in Malaysia, and was promoted to general manager in 1990. He returned to Hong Kong again in 1992 and later became general manager in The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation's International department. He became an Executive Director of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in 1994 and chief executive officer of the Bank in January 1996. In January 1999, he was appointed Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and the Executive Director of HSBC Holdings. Eldon retired in 2005, but made a return to banking in 2011 as non-executive chairman of HSBC Bank Middle East Limited. He stepped down from the role on April 30, 2021 and was appointed non-executive Deputy Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in June 2021. Eldon was the non-executive chairman of HSBC Bank Egypt and HSBC Bank Turkey A.S., roles to which he was appointed in 2017, and retired from both during 2021. He was non-executive chairman of HSBC Bank Oman between 2013 and 2017 and he has been Adviser to the CEO of HSBC's Global Commercial Bank since 2016. Other positions held by Eldon during his career include non-executive chairman of Hang Seng Bank Limited, a director of HSBC Bank Australia