Mr. Samir Assaf, a Lebanese residing in London, serves as the Senior Advisor to HSBC’s Group Chairman, Group CEO, and the Bank’s business, and as Chairman of the Board, MENAT, for HSBC Middle East Holdings. Additionally, he holds the position of Senior Advisor at General Atlantic and was appointed Chairman, MENA for GA in Feb '23, while remaining a member of the Advisory Board for BeyondNetZero - GA's climate fund.

Previously, he held the role of Chief Executive of Global Banking and Markets at HSBC for almost a decade, having assumed various senior roles at HSBC since joining the bank in 2000. From 2011 to May 2021, he chaired the Board of HSBC Continental Europe.

Samir also co-chairs the Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (CCRI), launched at the UN Climate Action Summit in 2019. Since 2012, he has been a Member of the Financial Markets Advisory Committee of the International Monetary Fund. He holds degrees from L'Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris, the University of St. Joseph in Beirut, and La Sorbonne University in Paris.