Keith Roderick Whitson

Sir Keith Roderick Whitson (born 25 March 1943) is the former chief executive of HSBC. He was knighted in 2002 for his services to banking.

Affiliations

• HSBC Holdings plc, (1961-2003); Merrill Lynch HSBC, Chairman (2000-2002); HSBC Bank Argentina, Director (1997-2003); HSBC Bank Canada, Director (1998-2003); HSBC Bank USA, Director (1998-2003); HSBC North America Inc, Vice Chairman (2002-2003) Group Chief Executive (1998-2003)
• Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (1961-1989); Manager Frankfurt (1978-1980), Manager Indonesia (1981-1984), Assistant General Manager of Finances Hong Kong (1985-1987), CEO UK (1987-1989)
• Marine Midland Banks Inc, Executive Director (1990-1992)
• Midland Bank, Deputy CEO (1992-1994), CEO (1994-1998), Group CEO (1998-2003), Group Director (1994-2003), Deputy Chairman (1998-2003)
• FSA, Non-executive Director (December 1998-May 2003)
• Tetra Laval, Non-executive Director (2005- )

Record and Controversies

Revolving Door

• Before joining the FSA Whitson worked at Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd where he was appointed UK CEO in 1987. He later worked at Midland Bank where he was CEO 1994–1998. During his time at the FSA he was also Group Chief Executive of HSBC Holdings Plc. In 2005 joined the food packaging multinational Tetra Laval as a non-executive director.

Contact

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This article is part of the Revolving Door project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• Bloomberg Businessweek, HSBC HOLDINGS PLC, accessed 24 February 2011.
• Debrett's, Sir Keith Whitson, Authorised Biography, accessed 24 February 2011.
• Mason, Rowena, "Former HSBC chief Sir Keith Whitson joins hiring row," Telegraph, 12 September 2010, accessed 24 February 2011.
• Who's Who 2009, Whitson, Sir Keith (Roderick), online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2008, accessed 27 March 2009.