new appointment ( FILES ) File photo dated 02 August 2010 showing Stephen Green , Chairman of HSBC Holdings Plc , speaks during the bank ' s interim results news conference in Hong Kong , China . Global banking giant HSBC said in a statement on 07 September 2010 that the Chairman of HSBC , Stephen Green , is stepping down to become the British trade minister on January 2011 . Green would leave before the end of the year . Mr Green joined the bank in 1992 . He was appointed as Chief Executive in 2003 , before taking up the role of group chairman in 2006 . EPA / YM YIK EPA < 뉴스 의 새 시대 , 연합뉴스 Live > < 모바일 애플리케이션 > < 포토 매거진 >< 저작권자 ( c ) 연합뉴스 . 무단 전재 - 재배 포금 지 . >