HSBC Adviser Who Criticized the US Is Set to Join China’s AIIB

HSBC Holdings Plc’s former head of public affairs, who once criticized the US for strong-arming the UK into cutting back dealings with China, is about to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in Beijing.
Sherard Cowper-Coles will take up a senior role at AIIB, which was established as a Chinese-led counterweight to the likes of Western-dominated multilateral lending institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, people familiar with the matter said, asking not to be identified discussing non-public information.