HSBC made Noel Quinn its permanent chief executive in late March. Quinn had been interim chief executive for seven months while HSBC cast about for an external alternative. Now that he's been handed the permanent role, Quinn is free to restructure HSBC according to the plan he announced in February. But as Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon noted last week : " Every business had a plan for 2020. Whatever your plan was for 2020 it's now been ripped up." The focus for everyone know is simply getting through this year, Solomon said.