Stuart Tait was appointed Head of Commercial Banking UK in December 2021 and is responsible for HSBC UK’s relationships with 700,000 large, medium and small business clients.

He is a General Manager at HSBC Group, one of the world’s largest banking and financial organisations with assets of nearly US$3trillion, as 31 March 2023. Prior to his current role, Stuart was Regional Head of Commercial Banking for Asia Pacific, the leading international wholesale bank in the region and of the Group’s fastest-growing franchises.

Stuart has worked in financial services for over 30 years. He joined HSBC in 1984 as an International Manager and has held various positions in Commercial Banking, Global Banking and Markets, Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Human Resources and Risk. Previous assignments with HSBC have been based in various Asia markets, the Middle East, US, Canada and in the Group’s Head Office.