An IO with a view

The culture that powers HongkongBank

The culture that powers HongkongBank

What is HSBC?

Sir William Purves’s view over the Thames is one of the finest in London. “I don’t have time to look at it,” says Purves gruffly, getting in a quick spot of work at his desk while he waits for the head of public affairs to arrive. In a room awash with naval landscapes, his thick Scots accent ­ which friends and colleagues invariably try to imitate ­ rings out: “If your question is, when do our short lines of communications cease to work, I’ll tell you.

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