BrokerDealer.com blog update courtesy of extract from muckracking outlet Dealbreaker.com
According to lawsuits by two of her former subordinates, during her time as a senior vice-president and head of business development for North America, Eileen Hedges told another one of her subordinates, 27 year-old “Jane Doe,” to:
- Dress provocatively on the job
- “…have sex with male HSBC executives and clients at company-sponsored events”
- Specifically, “have sex with an unnamed senior executive at the bank’s Mexico unit”
Eileen Hedges, Frmr SVP HSBC
The boss of the year also allegedly:
- “…falsely told co-workers that Doe was having sex with clients when they traveled to bank functions outside the U.S.”
- “…told Doe about her own alleged extramarital affairs with HSBC executives.”1
- “… attempted to pull down Doe’s blouse and expose her breasts in the presence of male HSBC employees.”
And the reason we now know all this is because, naturally, the subordinates who filed the lawsuits were (supposedly!) retaliated against by Hedges after complaining that her demeanor on the job was slightly less than professional.
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