Dina Powell McCormick, partner, vice-chair and president of global client services – BDT & MSD PartnersDina Powell McCormick, former head of Goldman Sachs’s sovereign business, has joined international merchant bank BTD & MSD Partners. According to a statement from the firm, she will assume the newly created role of partner, vice-chair and president of global client services, in which she will be tasked with leveraging her diverse experience in both the public and private sectors to enhance the firm’s global client relationships. BDT & MSD Partners was formed in January through a merger of merchant bank BDT & Company and investment firm MSD Partners. It is backed by technology billionaire Michael Dell and run by former Goldman Sachs bankers Byron Trott and Gregg Lemkau. Ms Powell McCormick initially joined Goldman Sachs in 2007 as head of its impact investing business. For the next decade she led on its sustainability efforts, progressing through a variety of roles including as head of its urban investment group, president of the Goldman Sachs Foundation, and president of Goldman Sachs Gives. She left Goldman Sachs in 2017 to briefly serve as deputy national security adviser for strategy under former President Donald Trump before rejoining in 2018. Earlier in her career, she served in the US government for more than a dozen years, including as assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural affairs and deputy undersecretary of public affairs and public diplomacy.
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