Douglas Flint
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Douglas Jardine Flint CBE, (born July 1955) is a British banking businessman. He is currently the Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings
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. Flint is a member of a number of professional bodies such as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland
and the British Association of Corporate Treasurers
professional body. He is also a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
Flint was the Chairman of the Financial Reporting Council's review of the Turnbull Guidance on Internal Control from 2004 to 2005 and was a member of The Accounting Standards Board and the Standards Advisory Council of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation from 2001 to 2004. In June 2006, in recognition to his services to the finance industry, he was honoured with a CBE (Commander of the British Empire).
Flint became chairman of HSBC Holdings PLC, Europe's biggest bank, at the end of 2010.
HSBC
HSBC Holdings plc is a global banking and financial services company headquartered in Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom. it is the world's second-largest banking and financial services group and second-largest public company according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine...
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Education
Flint graduated with a bachelor's degree with honours in Accounting from the University of GlasgowUniversity of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
. Flint is a member of a number of professional bodies such as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland is the Scottish professional body of Chartered Accountants . It is a regulator, educator and influencer.ICAS act as a thought leader and voice of the professional business community...
and the British Association of Corporate Treasurers
Association of Corporate Treasurers
The Association of Corporate Treasurers is the only British professional body specialising in the profession of corporate treasury. Founded in 1979, it is both an examining body, providing a wide range of qualifications for those working in treasury, risk and corporate finance, and a membership...
professional body. He is also a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
Career
Flint started his career in Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. (now KPMG), and was appointed a partner of the firm in 1988. He has an in depth knowledge of banking, treasury and securities trading operations, financial reporting of multinationals. He became Group Finance Director of HSBC in 1995.Flint was the Chairman of the Financial Reporting Council's review of the Turnbull Guidance on Internal Control from 2004 to 2005 and was a member of The Accounting Standards Board and the Standards Advisory Council of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation from 2001 to 2004. In June 2006, in recognition to his services to the finance industry, he was honoured with a CBE (Commander of the British Empire).
Flint became chairman of HSBC Holdings PLC, Europe's biggest bank, at the end of 2010.