Eyes on the Prize

Mark Schwartz, one of Goldman Sachs' four vice chairmen, has been based in Beijing since his appointment in June as chairman of the Asia-Pacific region. He is the most senior executive Goldman Sachs has ever posted in the country.

"Goldman Sachs wants to prioritize the building out of our China business," Schwartz said in his first interview since taking up his new position. "My return has sent a very powerful signal to the entire Goldman Sachs community of 33,000 professionals around the world that China is a very high priority for us."