LONDON: HSBC chairman John Bond turns 64 this weekend and insiders and analysts think his birthday festivities could mark the start of a long awaited game of boardroom musical chairs at the global bank.
Bond, a courteous but steely Englishman, has never commented publicly on when he plans to retire but insiders at the world's third largest bank say he is likely to bow out in 2006 with Stephen Green, currently CEO, the frontrunner to succeed him.
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