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Vincent Cheng Hoi-chuen (Traditional Chinese: “AŠC�ò b. 1948) is Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. He is the first Chinese Chairman of the Bank.

He was born in Hong Kong and educated in Hong Kong and in New Zealand, receiving his Bachelor of Social Science degree in Economics from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and a Master of Philosophy in Economics from The University of Auckland.

He joined The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in 1978, when he worked in the Group Finance department. In 1982 he moved to the Bank's Group Planning department, before he was appointed Chief Economist in 1986. He took up the post of General Manager in June 1995 and then the first Chinese Executive Director of the Bank in November that same year.

He was appointed Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive of Hang Seng Bank in 1998. In 25 May 2005, he became Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation who take over from David Eldon. He also became a director of Swire Pacific and the Managing Director of HSBC Group. In 1 April 2007, he became Chairman of the HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited.

He was appointed the Justice of the Peace, Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (1994) and Gold Bauhinia Star (2005).