Insurer AXA's CEO goes, fuelling talk of HSBC role

Insurer AXA's CEO goes, fuelling talk of HSBC role

A Swiss International aircraft flies past the HSBC headquarters building in the Canary Wharf financial district in east London February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

AXA Chief Executive Henri de Castries will step down in September after nearly 17 years at the top of Europe’s second-largest insurer, fuelling speculation that his next role could be as HSBC chairman.

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