HSBC’s Green leaves for government post

07/09/10 18:50 CET

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The chairman of Europe’s biggest bank is stepping down to become Britain’s next trade minister. After 18 years at HSBC, Stephen Green will take up a governmental post that has proven hard to fill. The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition has failed to lure several leading businessmen out of the city and into promoting British trade abroad.

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