HSBC Holdings PLC

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

1,375,000€

Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

5.25 Fte (11)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

4

High-level Commission meetings

56

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    HSBC Holdings PLC

    EU Transparency Register

    001866415031-87 First registered on 27 Nov 2014

    Goals / Remit

    For 150 years HSBC has been where the growth is, connecting customers to opportunities. Today, we are one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations, with a global network of over 6,100 offices in 73 countries and territories in Europe, Asia-Pacific, North and Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa.

    We combine extensive global reach, notable financial strength, and a long term commitment to our clients. Whether it is working capital, trade finance or payments and cash management solutions, HSBC provides the tools and expertise businesses need to thrive.

    Main EU files targeted

    HSBC engages on a broad range of financial services and business policy proposals and plays an active role in discussions with a wide range stakeholders on issues that directly affect the bank, its customers and the wider economy, including financial sector and markets regulation, trade policy, SMEs and infrastructure.

    Address

    Head Office
    Canada Square, 8
    Canary Wharf
    London E14 5HQ
    UNITED KINGDOM
    EU Office
    23 Square de Meeus
    1000 Brussels
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    11

    Employment timeLobbyists
    75%2
    50%6
    25%3

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    5.25

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 27 Apr 2015

    Name Start date End Date
    Mr James CHEW 15 Nov 2019 14 Nov 2020
    Mr James Allan 20 Sep 2019 19 Sep 2020
    Mr Matthew FIELD 05 Jul 2018 05 Jul 2019
    Mr James Allan 16 Jun 2018 15 Jun 2019
    Ms Sophie GICK 16 Jun 2018 15 Jun 2019
    Mr James HARBORNE 06 Nov 2017 01 Nov 2018
    Ms Constance Usherwood 27 Jun 2017 30 Mar 2018
    Mr Wells Ed 28 Jan 2017 27 Jan 2018
    Mr Edmund Lakin 28 Jan 2017 27 Jan 2018
    Mr Simon Jowers 01 Dec 2016 25 Mar 2017
    Ms Nathalie Gay-Guggenheim 01 Dec 2016 01 Dec 2017
    Ms Constance Usherwood 15 Jun 2016 14 Jun 2017
    Mr Ulrich Karl 18 Feb 2016 17 Feb 2017
    Mr Wells Ed 27 Jan 2016 25 Jan 2017
    Mr Edmund Lakin 27 Jan 2016 25 Jan 2017
    Mr Simon Jowers 27 Nov 2015 24 Nov 2016
    Ms Justina Surmen 27 Nov 2015 24 Nov 2016
    RUSSELL SCHOFIELD-BEZER 25 Sep 2015 23 Dec 2015
    Ms Constance Usherwood 23 May 2015 21 May 2016
    Ms Justina Surmen 03 Dec 2014 27 Nov 2015
    Mr Wells Ed 24 Jan 2015 21 Jan 2016
    Mr Edmund Lakin 24 Jan 2015 21 Jan 2016
    Mr Simon Jowers 03 Dec 2014 27 Nov 2015
    Mrs Justina Surmen 03 Dec 2014 27 Jan 2015

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Mr Simon Jowers (Head of Financial Sector Policy, Europe)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Douglas Flint (Group Chairman)

  • Categories

    Category

    II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations

    Subcategory

    Companies & groups

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    HSBC is a member of the following associations and networks engaged in EU policy: Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), British Bankers’ Association (BBA), The City UK, Eurofi, European Financial Services Roundtable, European Parliamentary Financial Services Forum, Financial Future, International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), International Capital Markets Association (ICMA), British Chamber of Commerce, Confederation of British industry (CBI) and Trans-European Networks.

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2014 - Dec 2014

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    1,375,000€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    None

    ACC

    None

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    None

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    56 meetings found. Download meetings

    The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

    • Date 22 Feb 2024 Location online
      Subject financing renewable energy
      DG European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations
      Attending
      • Gert-Jan Koopman (Director-General)
    • Date 04 Dec 2023 Location Brussels + Videoconference
      Subject Telecom policy and investments
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Attending
      • Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
      • Eleonora Ocello (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 23 Jun 2023 Location Paris, France
      Subject Introductory meeting with the new Director-General
      DG Budget
      Attending
      • Stéphanie Riso (Director-General)
    • Date 27 Jan 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Taxonomy
      DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • John Berrigan (Director-General)
    • Date 21 Sep 2022 Location virtual
      Subject Energy derivatives market
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
      Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
      • Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 20 Jun 2022 Location video - call
      Subject Implementation of sanctions
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio An Economy that Works for People
      Attending
      • Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 05 Oct 2021 Location Virtual Meeting
      Subject MIFID review, CCP equivalence
      DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • John Berrigan (Director-General)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 09 Sep 2021 Location Ljubjana
      Subject sustainable finance/AML
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
      Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
      • Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
    • Date 20 Jul 2021 Location video call
      Subject Preparation of the call between Cssr and HSBC CEO
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
      Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Tommy De Temmerman (Cabinet member)
    • Date 08 Jun 2021 Location Virtual meeting
      Subject SMEs, equity investments
      DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • John Berrigan (Director-General)
    • Date 21 Oct 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject SME funding
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
    • Date 09 Sep 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Sustainable finance, international role of the euro and possibly relations with Asia.
      DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Olivier Guersent (Director-General)
    • Date 21 Mar 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject CMU, Banking Union
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
    • Date 07 Nov 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Update on Trade situation. Information on HSBC's trading in ASEAN
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
      Portfolio Trade
      Attending
      • Pedro Velasco Martins (Cabinet member)
    • Date 20 Sep 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Cyber Security and FinTech
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 17 Sep 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject EU-China connectivity
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc
      Portfolio Transport
      Attending
      • Alessandro Carano (Cabinet member)
    • Date 16 Apr 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Brexit
      DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Olivier Guersent (Director-General)
    • Date 10 Apr 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Sustainable Finance: Taxonomy, Disclosure, Investor duties
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
      • Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 01 Dec 2017 Location Hong Kong
      Subject Introductory remarks and roundtable with EU financial industry and AFISMA/European Chamber of Commerce on financial reforms and banking union
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 13 Oct 2017 Location Washington DC, USA
      Subject Economic outlook
      DG Economic and Financial Affairs
      Attending
      • Marco Buti (Director-General)
    • Date 20 Jun 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Non-Performing Loans
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
    • Date 07 Jun 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject digitisation of trade/blockchain
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
    • Date 07 Mar 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Presentaton of report on trade in services and wanted to invite the Commissioner for an event.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
      Portfolio Trade
      Attending
      • Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
      • Pedro Velasco Martins (Cabinet member)
    • Date 02 Feb 2017 Location brussels
      Subject CEF Blending Call
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc
      Portfolio Transport
      Attending
      • Alessandro Carano (Cabinet member)
    • Date 01 Feb 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject CRR2 package
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
    • Date 18 Oct 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Action Plan on Terrorist Finance
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
    • Date 18 Oct 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Terrorist finance
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
      Attending
      • Isabelle Perignon (Cabinet member)
    • Date 22 Sep 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Sustainable finance
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Marlene Madsen (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 08 Sep 2016 Location Bratislava
      Subject UK Financial Sector; CRD/CRR
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
      • Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
    • Date 11 Jul 2016 Location Frankfurt
      Subject DSM
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
    • Date 02 Jun 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject CCP Resolution
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Chantal Hughes (Cabinet member)
    • Date 02 Jun 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Green Finance
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Nathalie De Basaldua Lemarchand (Cabinet member)
    • Date 15 Mar 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Financial Services Policy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Denzil Davidson (Cabinet member)
    • Date 23 Feb 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Business Growth Fund
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
      • Marlene Madsen (Cabinet member)
    • Date 23 Feb 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Investments in small and medium sized companies
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
    • Date 11 Feb 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Action against terrorism financing
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
    • Date 21 Jan 2016 Location Davos
      Subject Banking reform, CMU, call of evidence
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
    • Date 10 Nov 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject UK Referendum
      DG Taskforce on Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom
      Attending
      • Jonathan Faull (Director-General)
    • Date 09 Nov 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Investment initiative
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Miguel Gil Tertre (Cabinet member)
    • Date 14 Oct 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject China's economic development and investments
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
    • Date 14 Oct 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Discussions on China
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Nathalie De Basaldua Lemarchand (Cabinet member)
    • Date 24 Sep 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject High-Level Group on Energy Infrastructure in Europe
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete
      Portfolio Climate Action &amp; Energy
      Attending
      • Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Cabinet member)
      • Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 22 Sep 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Market liquidity,The “B‎asel pipeline”,Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA), Bank Structural Reform,Capital Markets Union, including securitization.
      DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Olivier Guersent (Director-General)
    • Date 10 Sep 2015 Location Luxembourg
      Subject Capital Markets Union
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
    • Date 03 Sep 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Présentation de la stratégie d'HSBC, à la fois globalement et en Europe, discuter sur Capital Markets Union et les sujets de liquidité sur les marchés.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici
      Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs
      Attending
      • Ioana Diaconescu (Cabinet member)
    • Date 29 Apr 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject BSR
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Mette Toftdal Grolleman (Cabinet member)
    • Date 15 Apr 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Financing Growth
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Nathalie De Basaldua Lemarchand (Cabinet member)
    • Date 11 Mar 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Capital Markets Union (CMU)
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Lee Foulger (Cabinet member)
    • Date 04 Mar 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Investment Initiative
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Miguel Gil Tertre (Cabinet member)
    • Date 11 Feb 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Business Growth Fund and SME finance
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
    • Date 12 Jan 2015 Location Berlaymont
      Subject Findings of the GROU020
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
    • Date 15 Dec 2014 Location Brussels
      Subject Bank stress tests, LCR, CMU, Bank structural reform, TLAC
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
    • Date 09 Dec 2014 Location Brussels
      Subject Investment initiative
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Valérie Herzberg (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 04 Dec 2014 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Trade
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
    • Date 03 Dec 2014 Location Brussels
      Subject Growth and jobs, investment
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici
      Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs
      Attending
      • Ioana Diaconescu (Cabinet member)
    • Date 01 Dec 2014 Location Brussels
      Subject Investment Initiative
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Miguel Gil Tertre (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
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