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 is leaving Europe’s largest lender to take on a non-executive chairman role at AIA Group Ltd., marking his return to the Hong Kong-based insurer.

HSBC Group Chairman Mark Tucker will return to Hong Kong-based insurer AIA Group as its new group board chairman. Tucker will step down from his role at HSBC and resign from the board on Sept. 30, the bank said Friday.