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2003 Speeches

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Creating a Business that Builds on Cultural and Economic Diversity

Stephen K Green, HSBC Group Chief Executive talks to the Windsor Leadership Trust on 5 December 2003. (7 page pdf, 120 k)

Hong Kong: a personal view

HSBC Chairman Sir John Bond talks about how Hong Kong's capacity for change contributes to its success.

The speech is available as a downloadable file (4 page pdf 52k)

The future of work migration - an international bank's perspective

Alan Jebson, HSBC's Chief Operating Officer, speaks at the FT's Outsourcing to India conference on 25 November 2003.

The speech is available as a downloadable file (5 page pdf 60k)

Diversity: Realising the bottom line benefits

Stephen Green, Group Chief Executive of HSBC, speaks about embracing diversity at the Create Conference on 7 October 2003.

The speech is available as a downloadable file (3 page pdf 29k)

Opportunities for growth

Where would you put your best dollar now? The latest speech from HSBC Chairman Sir John Bond.

The speech is available as a downloadable file (6 page pdf 43k

Hong Kong in the 21st century

HSBC Chairman Sir John Bond speaks to the Hong Kong Association of New York.

The speech is available as a downloadable file (3 page pdf 419k)

Euromoney global borrowers and investors forum, 18 June 2003

HSBC's chief executive Stephen Green asks whether the world's developing economies are getting the right kind of capital.

The speech is available as a downloadable file (5 page pdf 1030k)

Restoring confidence in capital markets, 22 May 2003

HSBC's chief executive Stephen Green argues that capital markets should be seen as the servants of corporate business strategy and not as a magical device for transforming the world, in his speech to the 33rd International Students' Committee Symposium in St. Gallen, Switzerland.

The full speech is available as a downloadable file (4 page pdf 46k)

New headquarters opening, 2 April 2003

HSBC's new headquarters building in London's Canary Wharf was officially opened at a reception hosted by Sir John Bond, Group Chairman, on 2 April 2003.

The speech given by Sir John Bond at the opening ceremony is available as a downloadable file (2 page pdf 50k)

The speech given by Sir John Bond at the customer dinner which followed the opening ceremony is available as a downloadable file (2 page pdf 48k)

Foreign Policy Association Financial Services Dinner

Sir John Bond, Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc, was awarded the Foreign Policy Association Medal at the FPA's financial services dinner. In his acceptance speech, he explores the paradox that, while more people than ever before are migrating to developed countries in search of work, much of that work is beginning to move from developed to developing countries. China will be a major beneficiary of these trends.

The full speech is available as a downloadable file (5 page pdf 69k)