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British banking businessman

John Michael Flint (born 1968) is a British banking businessman, who was chief executive (CEO) of HSBC Group from February 2018, having succeeded Stuart Gulliver. 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.^[2] He is the chief executive of the National Wealth Fund.^[3]

Early life

Flint was born in Yorkshire in 1968.^[4] He was educated at Dhahran Academy and Giggleswick School.^[5] 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.^[6] He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the Portsmouth Polytechnic.^[5]

Career

He joined HSBC in 1989 as international officer, and spent 14 years John Flint: the HSBC lifer who quietly made his way to the top JURU