Goldman names new head of Asia Mark Schwartz will rejoin Goldman Sachs to become the bank's new head of Asia Pacific, according to an internal email seen by the Financial Times. Mr Schwartz, who retired from the bank in 2001, will be based in Beijing. He takes over as head of Asia from Mike Evans, who moved back to New York in 2010, according to the email. Mr Evans has been seen by some as a potential successor to Lloyd Blankfein as chief executive. Mr Evans, who has served as chairman of Asia Pacific since 2004, will continue in his role as global head of Growth Markets, based in New York. Mr Schwartz ran Goldman in Asia as chairman between 1999 when the group went public and 2001, having worked in the region since 1997 and at Goldman since 1979. Since leaving he has worked with George Soros, the hedge fund manager, and in 2006, he cofounded MissionPoint Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on a lower-carbon economy. He is also on the boards of Japan's SoftBank and MasterCard of the US. "Mark will be based in Beijing, underscoring the importance of China and, more broadly, Asia Pacific, to the firm's overall business," Mr Blankfein and Gary Cohn, chief operating officer, wrote in the email. Mr Schwartz will work with Masa Mochida, president of Goldman Sachs Japan, and David Ryan, president of Goldman Sachs Asia Pacific ex-Japan.