HSBC North America Inc. has appointed Martin Glynn to the post of chief operating officer of HSBC North America.

Based in Vancouver, Glynn will continue to serve as president and CEO of HSBC Bank Canada. He will now have added responsibility for the North American commercial and retail banking, insurance, and corporate and institutional banking businesses of HSBC.

Glynn has a B.A. from Carleton University and an MBA from the University of British Columbia, joined HSBC in 1982. He assumed the position of president and CEO of SBC Bank Canada in December 1999.

Glynn is a Director of HSBC Bank Canada, HSBC Bank USA, Wells Fargo HSBC Trade Bank, NA and Husky Energy Inc. and he is Chairman of HSBC Canadian Direct Insurance Incorporated. He is a Governor of the University of British Columbia and is a director and the immediate past chair of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.