Samir Assaf, chief executive of global banking and markets at HSBC, is a relative latecomer to the business.
Samir Assaf, HSBC |
He is, however, the great survivor of his peer group: the list of investment bank chiefs at the time he took on the role now reads like ancient history: Anshu Jain, Carsten Kengeter, Jerry del Missier, Rich Ricci. They have all moved on long ago while Assaf, who took over the global banking and markets role from Stuart Gulliver when he became CEO, has gone from strength to strength.