Ken Hitchner appointed President in Asia Pacific Ex-Japan for Goldman Sachs

Responsible for all of the firm's businesses in the region.

Hitchner will be based in Hong Kong and will work closely with Mark Schwartz, Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia Pacific, and Masa Mochida, President of Goldman Sachs Japan.

His appointment becomes effective later this year upon the retirement of David Ryan,

Hitchner is a senior investment banker and is currently global head of the Healthcare Banking Group and global co-head of the Technology, Media and Telecom Group.

He joined Goldman Sachs in 1991 in the Corporate Finance Department and joined the Healthcare Banking Group as a founding member in 1995. He became head of Goldman Sachs’ global medical device banking practice in 1998 and head of the global pharmaceutical banking practice in 2001. He was named managing director in 2000 and partner in 2002.