Tim Freshwater
Chairman, Goldman Sachs Asia Pacific Company Limited

Tim was chairman of Investment Banking in Asia for Goldman Sachs from 2001 to 2004 and vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia from 2005 to 2011. Before joining the firm in 2001, he was chairman of Jardine Fleming, then a leading Asian investment bank.

Tim is a solicitor in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. After graduating from Cambridge University, he joined Slaughter and May, the international law firm, in 1967 and remained with them for 29 years, leaving in 1996 to join Jardine Fleming.

Tim has been involved in Asian markets for over 40 years. His clients in the region have included many of the region’s leading corporates, government entities and banking and securities houses.

Tim is a director of a number of companies, including Hongkong Exchanges and Clearing, Swire Pacific, Aquarius Platinum and Savills.