Peter Wong

Peter Wong Tung Shun is Chief Executive of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. He is also a Group Managing Director and a member of the Group Management Board.

Mr Wong joined HSBC in 2005. From April 2005 to January 2010, he was Group General Manager and Executive Director, Hong Kong and Mainland China of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. He was appointed Chairman of HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited on 17 June 2011.

He is Chairman and Non-Executive Director of HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad, and Vice Chairman and Non-Executive Director of HSBC Bank Vietnam Limited. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Hang Seng Bank Limited, Bank of Communications Co Ltd and Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China Ltd, and an Independent Non-Executive Director of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited. He ceased to be a Non-Executive Director of HSBC Bank Australia Limited on 1 February 2011.

Mr Wong was also Chairman of the Hong Kong Association of Banks in 2001, 2004, 2006 and 2009.

His banking career began in 1980 when he joined Citibank as Assistant Financial Controller. He held a number of positions over the following 16 years, including Director of Business Development, Deputy Managing Director and Director of Banking, before becoming Director of Sales, Services and Distribution Channels for Citibank’s North Asian operations in 1996 (Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Philippines).

Mr Wong joined Standard Chartered Bank in 1997 as Head of Consumer Banking for its Hong Kong and China operations. In 2000, he was appointed Chief Executive and General Manager for Hong Kong, while simultaneously assuming responsibility for its China operations. In 2002, Mr Wong was appointed a Director of Standard Chartered Bank, overseeing its Greater China operations.

Mr Wong was educated at Indiana University in the US and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, an MBA in Marketing and Finance and an MSc in Computer Science.

He is married with two children.