HSBC boss: I wouldn't be CEO if I wasn't gay

The boss of HSBC, António Simões, has claimed that being gay has been key to his success in business.

The Chief Executive said it had made him “more authentic as a person, better able to empathise, and with more emotional intelligence. If I wasn’t gay, probably I wouldn’t be CEO of the bank”.

Speaking to Portuguese newspaper Expresso he also called on gay business leaders to be open about their sexuality and that it was their “personal duty at the professional level to come out of the closet”.