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# HSBC Names Lisa McGeough US Chief Executive and Appoints Interim Head for Global Private Banking
- URL: https://www.theglobalbanker.com/hsbc-names-lisa-mcgeough-us-chief-executive-gabriel-castello-interim-private-banking/
- Published: 2024-12-05T15:19:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T13:36:21.000Z
- Description: HSBC has elevated Lisa McGeough to US CEO — the first woman in the role in over a decade — and named Gabriel Castello as interim global private banking head from 1 January 2025.
- Author: TGB Editorial Team
- Tags: Executive Moves, Europe, Americas, #archive

HSBC announced a series of senior management changes on 5 December 2024\. Lisa McGeough has been elevated to the role of Chief Executive for the United States, becoming the first woman to hold that position at the bank in more than a decade. Separately, Annabel Spring, who served as head of Global Private Banking and Wealth, will be departing the organisation, with Gabriel Castello named as interim Chief Executive for global private banking from 1 January 2025, pending the identification of a permanent successor.

#### MCGEOUGH NAMED US CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Her elevation makes her the first woman to lead HSBC's US operations in more than ten years. The appointment is an internal promotion. McGeough, previously HSBC's co-head of global banking coverage, joined the bank in 2021 after more than 15 years at Wells Fargo, and succeeds Michael Roberts, who became CEO of the new corporate and institutional banking division.

#### PRIVATE BANKING LEADERSHIP

HSBC did not specify a timeline for making a permanent appointment to the global private banking and wealth leadership role, or indicate whether the search would focus on internal or external candidates.