Former UK Chancellor Osborne unexpectedly made it onto the list of candidates for the chairman of the HSBC board.

According to Sky News on Saturday, the former UK Chancellor George Osborne is one of the three candidates shortlisted for the next chairman of HSBC. The report did not specify the source of the information. It was reported that parties concerned had been in contact with Osborne earlier this summer regarding this key position in the global banking industry. The report also noted that Osborne's limited experience as chairman of a listed company made his candidacy unexpected. Other candidates mentioned in the report include Naguib Kheraj, chairman of Petershill Partners who has previously served as CFO of Barclays and Deputy Chairman of Standard Chartered, and Kevin Sneader, an executive at Goldman Sachs Asia.