HSBC’s Top Wall Street, Europe Banker Keefe Quits After Overhaul

HSBC Holdings Plc’s head of US and European commercial and investment banking has left the firm just over a year after being put in charge of the business, following a major overhaul of global operations.

Gerry Keefe, head of banking in Europe and the Americas, quit to take a role outside of the financial services industry, according to an internal memo seen by Bloomberg News. Jo Miyake, his counterpart in Asia and the Middle East, was named to take on Keefe’s role on an interim basis.

Gerry Keefe

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Keefe was seen as one of HSBC’s rising stars after ...