HSBC and Hang Seng Integrate Back-Office Departments This Month, Six Teams to Report to Hang Seng Heads
HSBC and Hang Seng Bank are integrating their back-office operations this month, covering seven cost centers including finance, risk, corporate communications, information technology, and internal audit. Six HSBC Hong Kong teams will report to Hang Seng managers. A senior executive from one of the two banks will lead the combined Hong Kong operations and report to HSBC Asia and Middle East, streamlining overlapping reporting lines ahead of Hang Seng's privatization.
HSBC and Hang Seng are integrating their back-office departments this month, involving seven cost center departments including finance, risk, corporate communications, information technology, and internal audit. Among them, six HSBC Hong Kong teams will report to Hang Seng managers. A senior executive currently serving at one of the two banks will head the new team, leading Hong Kong operations and reporting to HSBC Asia and Middle East, in order to simplify the overlapping reporting arrangements that previously required each bank to report separately to group management ahead of privatization.
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