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HSBC chairman appointed UK Minister for Trade and Investment

In a bid to develop businesses abroad and drive exports and investment, a new UK Minister of State for Trade and Investment has been appointed today by British Prime Minister David Cameron.

Stephen Green will stand down as the chairman of HSBC and will take up his new ministerial role, which is unpaid, in early 2011.

Mr Green has extensive international experience having worked in Hong Kong, New York, the Middle East and London.