Biography

Shawn PM Golhar is a Managing Director, Global Head of Policy Advisory Banking (PAB) at Barclays. Shawn advises the bank’s top investment banking and markets clients on opportunities and challenges presented by shifts in public policy, regulation, and other government-related matters. Shawn also cocovers key investment banking clients across industries and geographies that have a nexus to government and policy-related issues. In addition, Shawn serves on the boards of private start-ups and the Future Caucus, a bi-partisan non-profit focused on young leaders to bridge the partisan divide. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and was a Truman National Security Fellow. Active in the community, he was awarded the Barclays Global Citizenship Award, and has co-founded or led various non-profits (America Needs You, IDIA, Global PACT). Previously at Barclays, Shawn was in M&A investment banking (Head of Strategic Public Policy Advisory), Head of Public Policy Research, led client outreach in the Public Policy Group, and was a public finance investment banker, where he worked on nearly $30 billion of senior and co-senior managed deals. Shawn began his career as a consultant with Deloitte & Touche LLP. He completed his undergraduate studies at Rutgers University and the London School of Economics and received his Master’s degree in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School. Shawn is a frequent contributor to Bloomberg, CNBC, and other media outlets.