John Michael Flint (born 1968) is a British banking businessman, who was chief executive (CEO) of HSBC Group from February 2018, having succeeded Stuart Gulliver. After serving for about 18 months, Flint announced on 5 August 2019 that he would be stepping down from the position, after a mutual agreement with the board.^[1][2] He is the chief executive of the UK Infrastructure Bank.^[3]

Flint was born in Yorkshire in 1968.^[4] He was educated at Dhahran Academy and Giggleswick School.^[5] Flint grew up in Yorkshire in the early 1970s before moving to Saudi Arabia at the age of 7 where he attended elementary school when his father was a university professor. He returned to Yorkshire to go to boarding school.^[6] He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the Portsmouth Polytechnic.^[5]

He joined HSBC in 1989 as international officer, and spent 14 years developing markets in Asia. In 2004, he integrated all of HSBC's investment activities under HSBC Global Asset Management umbrella.^[7] In 2006, Flint was promoted Group Treasurer, and Deputy Head of Global Markets and Head of Global Markets MENA in 2008.^[8] In 2010, Flint became the CEO of HSBC Global Asset Management.^[9] In 2012, he was named chief of staff to the group's CEO, in charge of strategy and planning.^[10] In January 2013, Flint became a managing director of HSBC and CEO of retail banking and wealth management (RBWM).^[11]

In October 2017, Flint was named CEO-designate of HSBC, and took over from Stuart Gulliver on 21 February 2018.^[1][2][12]

On 5 August 2019, he immediately ceased his day-to-day operations at the bank after mutual agreement with the board. His interim successor was named as Noel Quinn.^[13] No official reasons for this move were presented.^[13]

In September 2021, Flint was announced as the first permanent chief executive of the UK Infrastructure Bank, where he leads the organisation to support regional growth.^[3][14]

Flint is married with two children.^[5]

Flint competes in triathlon and Ironman competitions.^[15]