His appointments include postings to Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. From 1992-1994, Flockhart served as CEO of Thailand branch of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. In January 1995, he became Deputy Managing Director of The Saudi British Bank (
SABB). He was
Presidente y Director General of
HSBC Mexico from October 2002, during which time he opened
Torre HSBC, the new headquarters of the bank in April 2006. In September 2006, Flockhart became the CEO and President of HSBC for Latin America and the Caribbean. In June 2007, the HSBC Group announced that Flockhart was to become CEO of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. He also became Chairman and non-executive director of
HSBC Bank Malaysia, a director of
HSBC Bank Australia and a non-executive director of
HSBC Bank (China) and
Hang Seng Bank. He became an executive director of HSBC Holdings in May 2008. In 2012 he retired from HSBC, coinciding with a settlement with the US authorities in which
HSBC Mexico, of which Sandy Flockhart had been CEO, admitted to aiding the laundering of nearly US$1 billion of drug traffickers funds. Following his departure from HSBC the bank was reported to be initiating a bonus clawback process against him. In December 2012 he was named non-executive chairman of newly rebranded
Church House Trust Plc after its acquisition by Ocean Industries. ==Honours and awards==