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 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.

HSBC’s longtime chair Sir Mark Tucker will step down in September to become non-executive chair of Hong Kong-based insurer AIA. Tucker, who has served as chair of the UK-headquartered bank for nearly eight years, had said last month he would retire from the board.