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Former HSBC chairman Douglas Flint joins Fintech fund's advisory board

December 06, 2017 at 09:32 am EST

LONDON (Reuters) - Former chairman of HSBC Douglas Flint has joined the advisory council of Motive Partners, an investment firm specialising in financial technology companies.

Motive partners announced the hire on Wednesday. Its other high-profile members of the advisory council include former United States Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, Microsoft Corp Chairman John Thompson and former chief technology officer of Goldman Sachs Paul Walker.

The advisory council members will provide Motive and the companies it invests in with advice on its strategy, the fund said.

Flint left HSBC on Sept. 30, after more than 20 years at Europe's biggest bank.

(Reporting By Lawrence White, editing by Anjuli Davies)

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Douglas Flint

Douglas Jardine Flint is a British businessperson who has been at the helm of 8 different companies and is Chairman for Standard Life Aberdeen Plc, Non-Executive Chairman for IP Group Plc, Non-Executive Chairman of Just Finance Foundation and Chairman at HSBC Holdings PLC (Hong Kong). He is also on the board of The Hong Kong Association of Bank, Centre for Policy Studies Ltd. and The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity and Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and Member-Consultative Committee at HM Revenue & Customs. In his past career Douglas Jardine Flint was Group Chairman at HSBC Holdings Plc Non-Executive Chairman at HSBC Finance Corp. and Chief Financial Officer for The HongKong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd. (both are subsidiaries of HSBC Holdings Plc), Member of The Financial Services Trade & Investment Board, Partner at KPMG LLP, Member of ACT 2013 Ltd., Chairman at The Institute of International Finance, Inc., Chairman at Cancer Research UK and Chairman-Turnbull Guidance at The Financial Reporting Council Ltd. Douglas Jardine Flint received an undergraduate degree from the University of Glasgow.

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