Paulo Maia has been appointed president and CEO of HSBC Bank Canada, effective January 7, 2013.
Maia is currently CEO of HSBC Bank Australia, a position he’s held since July 2009. He joined HSBC in 1993 in São Paulo as director corporate finance. Prior to that, he worked in corporate finance and corporate banking in New York, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo with Chase Manhattan Bank.
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Meanwhile, Lindsay Gordon will retire as president and CEO of HSBC Bank Canada, and chair of HSBC Global Asset Management (Canada) Ltd. on January 5, 2013. He will be appointed to the Board of Directors of HSBC France, subject to approvals.
Gordon joined HSBC Bank Canada in 1987 in Toronto, and since then has served in a variety of senior positions in both Vancouver and Toronto.