John Bond (banker)
Sir John Reginald Hartnell Bond (Chinese: 龐約翰, born 24 July 1941) is the incumbent Chairman of the Swiss mining company Xstrata. Previously he retired as chairman of HSBC Holdings plc on 26 May 2006, after spending 45 years with the bank.
He was appointed as a member of the Hong Kong Chief Executive's Council of International Advisers in the years of 1998-2005.
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