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Vol. 5 Num 743 Fri. June 30, 2006  
   
Business


HSBC Asia Pacific CEO visits Dhaka
Michael RP Smith (OBE), president and chief executive officer of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd (HSBC Asia Pacific) and chairman of Hang Seng Bank, visited Bangladesh between June 25 and 27.

Smith, who has been with the HSBC for 28 years, held different important posts in Asia, the UK, Australia, the Middle East and South America, prior to his appointment to head HSBC's Asian businesses in January 2004, says a press release.

During his stay, Smith, who is also the global head of Commercial Banking for the HSBC Group, visited HSBC Bangladesh's branches, met senior officials of Bangladesh Bank and country's leading industrialists.

While inaugurating a branch of the bank at Uttara in Dhaka on his last day of stay, he confirmed HSBC's commitment to continually invest and expand in the country.

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