Andre Kelleners is a Partner in the Global Consumer Retail Group and Mergers & Aquisitions (M&A) group. He is responsible for clients in the consumer retail sector globally and serves on the firm’s Global Fairness Committee. Dr. Kelleners joined Goldman Sachs in 2000 in the Frankfurt office, where he worked as an M&A generalist across industries in Europe. He transferred to Sydney, Australia, in 2006 to cover clients in the health-care industry in Asia and moved to New York in 2007. Dr. Kelleners was named Vice President in 2007, Managing Director in 2010, and Partner in 2016. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC, the American Council on Germany in New York, and St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn. Dr. Kelleners earned a Ph.D. in Finance from University of Witten in 2003 and an MBA from the European Business School in Germany in 2000.