Hong Kong banker Vincent Cheng Hoi-chuen, the city’s first Chinese resident to become the executive director of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), a British multinational universal bank and financial services holding company has died at the age of 74. He died on August 28.
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Was Vincent Cheng married? Mr. Cheng appeared to have kept his personal life under the wraps and as a result, it is not known if he married.
In May 2005, Mr. Cheng became Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, taking over from David Eldon.
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Mr. Cheng also became the managing director of HSBC Group and the Director of HSBC Bank Australia Limited.
On 1 April 2007, Mr. Cheng became Chairman of the HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited. He was appointed the first Chinese Executive Director of HSBC Holdings on 1 February 2008.
In January 2008, he was appointed a member of the National Committee of the 11th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and a senior advisor to the 11th Beijing Municipal Committee of the CPPCC.
His previous government advisory roles included Member of the Executive Council from 1995 to 1997 and a Hong Kong Affairs Adviser to the People’s Republic of China from 1994 to 1997.
He was also a Member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Government from 1991 to 1995.
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