Mark Schwartz, a Former Goldman Sachs Partner, Rejoining the Firm Goldman Sachs has rehired Mark Schwartz to serve as the chairman of the bank's Asia Pacific region and as a vice chairman of the overall bank. Mr. Schwartz is well known at Goldman, which he joined in 1979 as a banker. He was a partner by the time the company went public in 1999, and he left a few years later. Since 2006, Mr. Schwartz has been the chairman of MissionPoint Capital Partners, a green energy investment firm that he helped to start. Mr. Schwartz is also a member of the boards of MasterCard and SoftBank. Mr. Schwartz will be based in Beijing and will rejoin Goldman's powerful management committee. Goldman says the move underscores "the importance of China, and more broadly, the Asia Pacific region, to the firm's overall business." The move will mean change for other members of the management committee. J. Michael Evans, who has served as chairman of Asia Pacific since 2004 and is often named as a possible successor to the current chairman and chief executive, Lloyd C. Blankfein, will give up his role in the region. In early 2011, Mr. Evans was named global head of growth markets, based in New York, and will continue in that role. Goldman's decision to rehire Mr. Schwartz is sure to turn heads Tuesday on Wall Street, as the bank rarely rehires top managers who have left. Edward C. Forst was the last big executive the firm rehired. Mr. Forst, who left Goldman in 2008, returned a year later and most recently helped run the firm's asset management unit. He retired in late 2011. "We are pleased that Mark Schwartz is rejoining Goldman Sachs," Mr. Blankfein said in a release. He played a critical role in helping to build our businesses across Asia Pacific, and those experiences and relationships will be even more important as we focus on continuing to help our clients and grow our franchise across the region.