The Boston Globe – Secretary of State John F. Kerry has hired Boston hedge fund executive Scott Nathan as a liaison to the business community, assisting American companies that want to do business abroad and foreign firms doing business here.
Nathan, 46, was a partner and chief risk officer at the Baupost Group, Boston’s largest hedge fund firm. A major fund-raiser for President Obama, Nathan is a well-known philanthropist in Boston, focused on environmental causes and serving on a variety of nonprofit boards.