Goldman Sachs has appointed Ken Hitchner as the new chairman and CEO for its operations in Asia-Pacific region excluding Japan.

Hitchner replaces Mark Schwartz, who retired in 2016 following a 27-year spell at the bank.

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Hitchner joined Goldman Sachs in 1991 and has held various roles at the bank since then covering healthcare, technology, media, telecoms and corporate finance. He was named as a partner in 2002.

Hitchner currently serves as the bank’s president of Asia Pacific ex-Japan, a responsibility that will now be shared by James Paradise and Todd Leland.

Paradise currently is co-head of the Asia Pacific securities division at Goldman Sachs, while Leland currently serves as co-head of the Financial Institutions Group.

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