HSBC banker resigns and declares “canceling culture destroys wealth and progress”

The initial comments of Mr. Kirk on climate change – in which he also said there was “always a little crazy talking to me about the end of the world” – surprised many in the financial sector, as they were out of step with an industry that increasingly she is more willing to do it. browns his green credentials.

In a slide accompanying his speech at the conference earlier this year, he wrote that “baseless, strident, partisan, selfish and apocalyptic apocalyptic warnings are ALWAYS wrong.”

Kirk said that since his suspension “tens of thousands of people, from CEOs and congressmen to scientists and popular mothers and investors, have contacted me from around the world offering their support and solidarity over the past two months.

“You have given me strength during what has been a tumultuous time for me and my family,” he wrote.

In his post on LinkedIn on Thursday, he said he has now brought together a “group of individuals with like-minded ideas to offer what is probably the best sustainable investment idea ever conceived.”

He stated that the project, which he will launch at the end of the year, “will underline the central argument of my speech”. To his LinkedIn biography he added that he “really loves Miami.”

HSBC declined to comment.

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