David Eldon

David Gordon Eldon CBE ( , born 1945¹) is the former chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. He retired in May 2005, after spending 37 years with HSBC Group, 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 served as non-executive deputy chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation from June 2021 to June 2026. He has now accepted the role as Adviser to the Board.

David Gordon Eldon CBE ( , born 1945) is the former chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. He retired in May 2005, after spending 37 years with HSBC Group, 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 served as non-executive deputy chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation from June 2021 to June 2026. He has now accepted the role as Adviser to the Board. ==Blog== Eldon maintains a blog, where he gives (sometimes controversial) opinions on political topics. In 2014, Eldon attracted attention after posting comments about Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, and saying that pro-democracy protesters should "move on from the current impasse" during the 2014 Hong Kong protests. This had led to HSBC feeling the need to comment that the views expressed were his own, and not a company view on the matters. ==Personal life== Born in Inverness, Scotland, Eldon was educated at the Duke of York's Royal Military School. Eldon married in 1975 and has three children. Two of his children are living and working in Hong Kong, while the other lives and works in Canberra, Australia. Eldon continues to live in Hong Kong, where he has spent more than half his working life, and he intends to remain in Hong Kong. ==Honours== Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers Justice of the Peace (2000) Honorary Doctor of Business Administration of the City University of Hong Kong (November 2003) DHL/SCMP Hong Kong Business Person of the Year for 2003 Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS) (2004) Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) (2005) Asian Banker Lifetime Achievement Award (2005) Honorary Citizenship of Seoul Honorary Doctor of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (2011) Source: ==References== ==External links== Eldon-Online Blog

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