His tenure came to an end in 1962 having established The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation of California 1955 and having acquired The British Bank of the Middle East and the Mercantile Bank (based in India) in Aug 1959.
В 1955 году The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation открыл филиал в Калифорнии, в 1959 году — поглотил The British Bank of the Middle East (Иран) и The Mercantile Bank (Индия), в 1965 году — гонконгский Hang Seng Bank.