HSBC CEO on being ruthless in killing complexity

was the most difficult thing about that first restructuring plan because you have to get rid of units that maybe you're attached to having worked here for so long. There's, you know, people that you like that maybe you've had to move around again. Was it intellectual or, you know, are you ruthless about it.>> I was definitely ruthless about killing the complexity and the drag in the back. Uh, and I had all my colleagues who wanted to achieve the same and you know, we set out to do it. The most difficult par ...