Mr. Kenneth Hitchner is president of Goldman Sachs in Asia Pacific Ex-Japan. He is a member of the firm’s Management Committee, the Firmwide Client and Business Standards Committee (CBSC) and the Firmwide Diversity Committee. He also co-chairs the Asia Pacific Management Committee and the Asia Pacific CBSC.

Mr. Hitchner began his career with the firm as a summer associate in 1991 and joined the Corporate Finance Department in 1992. He joined the Healthcare Banking Group as a founding member in 1995 and became head of the global medical device banking practice in 1998 and head of the global pharmaceutical banking practice in 2001. Prior to assuming his current role in 2013, Mr. Hitchner served as global head of the Healthcare Banking Group and as global co-head of the Technology, Media and Telecom Group. He was named managing director in 2000 and partner in 2002.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Hitchner was a lieutenant commander and naval aviator in the US Navy.

Mr. Hitchner is an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School, a member of the board of Monmouth University, and a member of the BioFrontiers Institute Advisory Board at the University of Colorado. He is a former trustee and vice chairman of the board of Meridian Health Systems.

Mr. Hitchner earned a BA from the University of Colorado and an MBA as a merit fellow from Columbia University Business School.