A previous staff of Goldman Sachs returns to the bank at its Hong Kong office after an 18-month stint at a startup doing payments.
Zartasha Chaudhry has rejoined her former employer Goldman Sachs after quitting her role as head of business development at Previse, a London-based business-to-business payments start-up where she spent just 18 months.
Chaudhry joined Goldman as a graduate in 2013 and worked in its principal strategic investments group in London until 2017, latterly as an associate. She has rejoined the same Goldman unit in Hong Kong this month as it expands its Asian operations, according to a report in «efinancialcareers», a recruitment website.
A Career Boost
At Previse, Chaudhry’s role involved signing blue-chip clients and closing a series-A deal. These experiences might have fitted well with Goldman Sach's ambitions to invest in the sector.
The principal strategic investments group at Goldman Sachs makes investments in equity and convertible instruments that usually range between $2m and $30m. One of the team's focus is in technology, which includes fintech subsectors such as payments and trading technology, is the team’s core investment focus.
Fintech investment in Asia Pacific reached $22.7bn in 2018, up from $12.5bn in 2017, according to figures from KPMG.
