LONDON, March 9 (Reuters) - HSBC Chief ExecutiveStuart Gulliver has insisted he is the right person to run HSBC and is committed to completing the revamp of Europe'sbiggest bank that he began in 2011.
Speaking to the members of Britain's Public AccountsCommittee on Monday, Gulliver said he should continue as chiefexecutive of HSBC because he was successfully restructuring itsoperations by cutting its size and reducing its complexity.
The under-fire banker also said his personal tax affairswere in order and he had never evaded paying tax in anyauthority in a past Swiss bank account.
Gulliver came under hostile questioning from a panel of UKlawmakers about his personal tax affairs after HSBC admittedfailings in controls at its Swiss private bank. This followedmedia reports saying HSBC helped wealthy customers concealmillions of dollars of assets in a period up to 2007.
(Reporting by Steve Slater, editing by Sinead Cruise)