HSBC Holdings announced that Northrup R. Knox would retire as chairman
He will be succeeded by John R.H. Bond, 55, the group chief executive
Mr. Bond, who will retain his current post, had been president and chief
Mr. Knox, 67, was elected director of Marine Midland Bank in 1973. In
He represents the third generation of his family to serve as chairman of
Seymour H. Knox Jr., his father, was chairman from 1942 to 1970. Seymour