The US and Ireland’s love affair will continue
Many of the big-name banks are gone, but HSBC is taking a longer view of Ireland
CV: Alan Duffy
Role: chief executive, HSBC Ireland
Age:51
Lives: Rathgar
Family: married, two children
Hobbies: sailing, skiing, game angling and military history
It would be hard to pick a worse year to set up a banking brand in Ireland than 2008.
Yet that’s when HBSC, the global banking giant, decided to make the bet on Ireland.
The country was beginning to feel the first chills of the financial crisis that would eventually ...
