Mr. Quinn has told colleagues he aims to make the job permanent. Mr. Quinn wasn’t even in the running in the last CEO search, shortly after Mr. Tucker joined as chairman in 2017. They have to understand the bank, Hong Kong, and Hong Kong and China,” said Ronit Ghose, an analyst at Citigroup. Mr. Quinn has said he never expected to be in the job, in part because he didn’t fit the usual profile. Mr. Quinn “brings pace, decisiveness and ambition,” Mr. Tucker said announcing the appointment Aug. 5.

Source: Wall Street Journal October 20, 2019 17:37 UTC