UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (date of earliest event reported): June 16, 2014
HSBC USA INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
| Maryland | 1-7436 | 13-2764867 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation ) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
452 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York, 10018
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
(212) 525-5000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On June 16, 2014, HSBC Holdings plc, the indirect parent company of HSBC USA Inc., announced Patrick (Pat) Burke (52) has been appointed President and Chief Executive of HSBC US, including of HSBC USA, Inc., with effect from November 1, 2014. Mr. Burke will become President and Chief Executive-Designate of HSBC US and an Executive Director of HSBC North America Holdings Inc., HSBC USA Inc. and HSBC Bank USA, N.A. with effect from June 30, 2014. Mr. Burke succeeds Irene Dorner (59), who will retire.
A copy of HSBC North America’s press release is attached as exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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Exhibit No.
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Description of Exhibit
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Press Release dated June 16, 2014
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| HSBC USA Inc. | |||
| By: | /s/ Stuart A. Alderoty | ||
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| Name: | Stuart A. Alderoty | ||
| Title: | Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel | ||
| Date: June 16, 2014 | |||
Exhibit Index
| Exhibit No. | Description |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated June 16, 2014 |
Exhibit 99.1
16 June 2014
HSBC NORTH AMERICA – SENIOR MANAGEMENT CHANGES
*** Pat Burke appointed President and Chief Executive of HSBC US ***
*** Irene Dorner to retire as Group Managing
Director of HSBC Holdings plc
and President and Chief Executive of HSBC US ***
*** Rhydian Cox appointed to new position of Head of Regulatory Remediation, HSBC US ***
Patrick (Pat) Burke (52) has been appointed President and Chief Executive of HSBC US with effect from 1 November 2014. Burke will become President and Chief Executive-Designate of HSBC US and an Executive Director of HSBC North America Holdings Inc., HSBC USA Inc. and HSBC Bank USA, N.A. with effect from 30 June 2014.
Burke succeeds Irene Dorner (59), who will retire after a distinguished 32-year career at HSBC.
Burke was appointed Chief Executive of HSBC Finance Corporation in 2010, assuming responsibility for winding down the legacy Household consumer finance business. Burke joined the Group in 1989 and was appointed a Group General Manager in 2011.
Dorner joined HSBC in 1982 as an in-house lawyer at Samuel Montagu. She held a variety of roles at HSBC Bank plc before her appointment as Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive of HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad in 2007. She moved to the US in 2010 as President and Chief Executive of HSBC Bank USA and took responsibility for all US businesses in 2011. Dorner was appointed a Group Managing Director of HSBC Holdings plc in 2013.
Stuart Gulliver, Group Chief Executive of HSBC Holdings plc, said: “I want to take this opportunity to thank Irene on behalf of all her colleagues for her dedication to HSBC over a career spanning more than three decades.”
Rhydian Cox (53) has been appointed Head of Regulatory Remediation of HSBC US, a new role, and an Executive Director of HSBC North America Holdings Inc., HSBC USA Inc., HSBC Bank USA, N.A and HSBC Finance Corporation with effect from 30 June 2014. Cox will report to the Chief Executive of HSBC US and to Marc Moses, Executive Director and Group Chief Risk Officer. Cox will chair a new US Remediation Committee which will drive the regulatory remediation of high-risk items, including significant control items.
Cox was appointed Chief Risk Officer, Asia-Pacific in 2008. He joined the Group in 1984 and was appointed a Group General Manager in 2013.
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Stuart Gulliver commented: “I welcome Pat and Rhydian to their new positions and wish them every success in their new roles.”
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Note to editors:
HSBC Holdings plc
HSBC Holdings plc, the parent company of the HSBC Group, is headquartered in London. The Group serves customers worldwide from over 6,300 offices in 75 countries and territories in Asia, Europe, North and Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa. With assets of US$2,758bn as at 31 March 2014, HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations.
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