Our Executive Committee

John Flint, Chief Executive Officer

John is Chief Executive of the UK Infrastructure Bank and the former Group Chief Executive of HSBC.

During his 30 year career with HSBC, he built a range of skills in wholesale banking, retail banking, and Treasury and risk management. He represented HSBC in nine countries, spending much of his career in Asia. He progressed through the roles of Group Treasurer, Deputy Head of Global Markets, Chief Executive of HSBC Asset Management, and Chief Executive of Retail Banking and Wealth Management before being appointed Group Chief Executive, and Chairman of The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.

John was a member of the International Business Council and Climate Finance Leadership Initiative of the World Economic Forum. He also served as a member of the International Advisory Panel of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and was a Global Commissioner of the New Climate Economy. John was appointed a Member of the Independent Review Panel on Ring-Fencing Legislation and Proprietary Trading by HM Treasury in the UK in January 2021, and served as a Member of the Panel until his appointment as Chief Executive of the UK Infrastructure Bank in September 2021.

John is a Non-Executive Director of SEB, and sits on the Global Advisory Board of MUFG.

More from John

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Infra Bank in Focus

Where and how we invest

As we prepare to publish an update to our strategy, in this blog our CEO John Flint reflects on the Bank's progress to date and explains why, with foundations now firmly in place, the Bank is well placed to go from strength to strength.

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Arial view of energy storage infrastructure

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Energy storage in focus

Electricity storage technologies have a crucial role to play in ensuring that the energy transition required to reach net zero across the UK by 2050 is affordable, secure and delivers the emissions reductions required.

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Digital infrastructure in focus

Digital infrastructure underpins everything citizens, consumers and businesses do. It is key to boosting growth in regions across the UK and is a key enabler of the transition to net zero. Fast, reliable digital networks improve productivity – supporting people in work and education, as well as driving innovation and encouraging social connectivity.

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