HSBC’s new Mandarin-speaking CEO reveals British lender’s deepening Asia pivot

HSBC Holdings Plc staff entering Georges Elhedery’s office in Dubai used to joke that it felt like walking into a freezing meat locker. The executive told a colleague that the abnormally cold room made him more productive. Years later, when Elhedery returned from a sabbatical, he gave up an apartment in a smart West London […]