John Michael Flint (born 1968) is a British banking businessman, who was chief executive (CEO) of

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from February 2018, having succeeded

Stuart Gulliver Stuart Thomson Gulliver (born 9 March 1959) is a British banker, and the former group chief executive of HSBC. He was succeeded on 21 February 2018 by John Flint. Early life and education He was born in Derby, England, in 1959. His father P ...

. After serving for about 18 months, Flint announced on 5 August 2019 that he would be stepping down from the position, after a mutual agreement with the board.Martin Arnold
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''Telegraph.co.uk'', 12 October 2017 He is the chief executive of the UK Infrastructure Bank.

Early life

Flint was born in Yorkshire in 1968. He was educated at Dhahran Academy and

Giggleswick School Giggleswick School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) in Giggleswick, near Settle, North Yorkshire, England. Early school In 1499, Giggleswick School was founded on half an acre of land leased by the Prior an ...

. Flint grew up in Yorkshire in the early 1970s before moving to Saudi Arabia at the age of 7 where he attended elementary school when his father was a university professor. He returned to Yorkshire to go to boarding school. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the Portsmouth Polytechnic.

Career

He joined HSBC in 1989 as international officer, and spent 14 years developing markets in Asia. In 2004, he integrated all of HSBC's investment activities under HSBC Global Asset Management umbrella. In 2006, Flint was promoted Group Treasurer, and Deputy Head of Global Markets and Head of Global Markets MENA in 2008. In 2010, Flint became the CEO of HSBC Global Asset Management. In 2012, he was named chief of staff to the group's CEO, in charge of strategy and planning. In January 2013, Flint became a managing director of HSBC and CEO of retail banking and wealth management (RBWM). In October 2017, Flint was named CEO-designate of HSBC, and took over from

on 21 February 2018. On 5 August 2019, he immediately ceased his day-to-day operations at the bank after mutual agreement with the board. His interim successor was named as

Noel Quinn Noel Paul Quinn (born 13 January 1962) is a British banking businessman who is the chief executive (CEO) of HSBC since March 2020, having succeeded John Flint (businessman), John Flint. He initially assumed the role on an interim basis in August ...

. No official reasons for this move were presented. In September 2021, Flint was announced as the first permanent chief executive of the

UK Infrastructure Bank The UK Infrastructure Bank is a British state-owned development bank. It is intended to help with the UK Government's plan to reach net-zero carbon by 2050 and to support economic growth in regional and local sectors across the United Kingdom. ...

, where he leads the organisation to support regional growth.

Personal life

Flint is married with two children. Flint competes in

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and

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competitions.

References

External links

Official biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Flint, John 1968 births Living people Alumni of the University of Portsmouth English bankers English chief executives English financial businesspeople HSBC people People educated at Giggleswick School