Mark Schwartz is returning to Goldman Sachs, and the region, as a vice-chairman of the firm and chairman of the business in Asia-Pacific. He will be based in Beijing, underscoring the importance of China and, more broadly, Asia to the firm’s overall business.
If you’re wondering what happened to Michael Evans, who has served as chairman of Asia-Pacific since 2004, he quietly started spending most of his time in New York back in 2010. In 2011 he became a vice-chairman of the firm and global head of growth markets.
It’s rare for Goldman to re-hire partners you can pretty much count the cases on one hand....