Avi Nash
Retired
Partner
Avi is an Advisory Director of Goldman Sachs after retiring as a Partner
in 2002. In this role he is involved with several strategic, thematic and
mentoring programs for the firm. Avi joined the firm in 1987, became a Vice
President in 1989, a Managing Director in 1996, and a Partner of Goldman Sachs
in 1998. Prior to his retirement he headed the firm’s Basic Materials group in North America and the global chemical industry
group in the investment research division. Avi was ranked in the Institutional Investor “All-America Research
Team” for 15 years in a row, the last seven as #1. He ranked number one or two
in the Greenwich Survey for the past nine years. In addition, he led the global
Goldman Chemicals team to a #1 ranking. He has spoken at numerous industry and
corporate meetings globally including the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Prior to joining the firm, he was a senior consultant with Booz, Allen
& Hamilton from 1984 to 1987, focusing on strategy for manufacturing and
technology-based companies in the U.S. and Europe. Earlier, he spent over seven
years in a variety of functions including R&D, engineering, marketing and
strategic planning with UOP (a Dow Chemical/Honeywell joint venture and a
leading process technology licensor).
Avi serves on the Advisory board of the Center for Talented Youth (CTY), affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, and, separately, is a Trustee of The Hopkins School in New Haven, CT. In 2002, he was a recipient of a “Distinguished Alumnus” award from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Avi received a Master of Management degree with distinction from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School in 1981, an M.S. (ChE) from Syracuse University in 1977, and a B.Tech. ( ChE) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, in 1975.