Robert D. Hormats is vice chairman of Goldman Sachs International and a managing director of Goldman Sachs & Co. Hormats has served as US assistant secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, ambassador and deputy US Trade Representative, and senior deputy assistant secretary for Economic and Business Affairs at the US Department of State.

He was a senior staff member on the National Security Council and senior economic advisor to National Security Advisors Henry Kissinger, Brent Scowcroft, and Zbigniew Brzezinski. Hormats has received the French Legion of Honor and Arthur Fleming Award.

He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Board of Visitors of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and the Dean's Council of Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.