Mark Tucker will lead the board of the $90 bln Hong Kong insurer he once ran. That may seem like a backward step. But it's an appealing role for someone with so much China experience. And his willingness to shake things up,

HSBC Holdings Plc’s Chairman Mark Tucker will leave Europe’s largest lender in September to take on a non-executive chairman role at AIA Group Ltd., marking his return to the Hong Kong-based insurer.

HSBC Holdings chairman Mark Tucker will return to insurer AIA Group on October 1 and be replaced on an interim basis by veteran accountant Brendan Nelson, the two companies said on Friday. In early May,