Stuart Gulliver, group chief executive and Douglas Flint, group chairman of HSBC Holdings, appear before the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards at 9.45am.

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Instead, Douglas Flint, who had been the bank's finance director, took over as chairman, Mr. Geoghegan left the bank, and investment- banking head Stuart Gulliver became CEO.

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