Vincent Cheng Hoi-Chuen GBS OBE JP was Executive Director of HSBC Holdings plc. He was also chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited from 2005 to 2010.
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Cheng grew up in a poor family of six, despite difficult circumstances and having been crippled by polio at a young age.
He was educated in Hong Kong and in New Zealand, receiving his Bachelor of Social Science in Economics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a Master of Philosophy in Economics from the University of Auckland.
Cheng died on the night of 28 August 2022, aged 74.
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Vincent Cheng Obituary
Former top banker Vincent Cheng, who was the first Chinese to become the chairman of HSBC Asia Pacific, has died at the age of 74.
Cheng, who graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with an economics degree in 1973, took up the top job in 2005.
He stepped down from the post in 2010 and retired a year later.
Chief Executive John Lee expressed sorrow over Cheng’s passing and extended his deepest condolences to his family.
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