HSBC is a renowned global banking and financial services brand that traces its roots back to its parent company, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. The parent company was established in 1865 by a Scottish businessman named Sir Thomas Sutherland. Sutherland, born in 1834 in Fraserburgh, Scotland, had a successful career working for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) before being appointed the founding chairman of HSBC. The bank was originally set…