NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2008
Additional Roles to Involve Firmwide Management Issues
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) today announced that J. Michael
Evans and Michael S. Sherwood have been appointed vice chairmen of the
firm, effective immediately.
Both Evans and Sherwood will continue to have global oversight of the
securities business. Evans will remain chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia
and Sherwood will remain co-chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs
International. As firm vice chairmen, they join John S. Weinberg, who
was appointed to that role in 2006.
“Mike and Michael have deep experience at
Goldman Sachs across a range of businesses and regions,”
said Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer. “In their new roles, they will be
directly involved with firmwide management decisions related to people
and strategy.”
Mike Evans joined the firm in 1993 as head of Equity Capital Markets in
London. He was named a partner in 1994. In 1999 Mike became the global
head of Equity Capital Markets and moved to New York and in 2001 he
became the co-head of the Equities Division moving back to London. In
2003, Mike was named global co-head of the securities business based in
New York. In 2004, he was named chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia and since
that time has been based in Hong Kong.
Michael Sherwood joined the firm in 1986 in the Fixed Income Division in
London and became a partner in 1994. He spent a year in New York as
co-head of the Capital Markets Group in the Americas, head of Corporate
Bond Trading and co-head of Emerging Markets Debt and in 2001 was named
head of the Fixed Income Division in London. In 2003 he was named global
co-head of the securities business. He has been a leading force behind
the firm’s expansion into emerging markets.
Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities and
investment management firm that provides a wide range of services
worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base that includes
corporations, financial institutions, governments and high net worth
individuals. Founded in 1869, it is one of the oldest and largest
investment banking firms. The firm is headquartered in New York and
maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major
financial centers around the world.
CONTACT: The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Media
Michael DuVally,
212-902-2605
Additional Roles to Involve Firmwide Management Issues
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) today announced that J. Michael
Evans and Michael S. Sherwood have been appointed vice chairmen of the
firm, effective immediately.
Both Evans and Sherwood will continue to have global oversight of the
securities business. Evans will remain chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia
and Sherwood will remain co-chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs
International. As firm vice chairmen, they join John S. Weinberg, who
was appointed to that role in 2006.
“Mike and Michael have deep experience at
Goldman Sachs across a range of businesses and regions,”
said Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer. “In their new roles, they will be
directly involved with firmwide management decisions related to people
and strategy.”
Mike Evans joined the firm in 1993 as head of Equity Capital Markets in
London. He was named a partner in 1994. In 1999 Mike became the global
head of Equity Capital Markets and moved to New York and in 2001 he
became the co-head of the Equities Division moving back to London. In
2003, Mike was named global co-head of the securities business based in
New York. In 2004, he was named chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia and since
that time has been based in Hong Kong.
Michael Sherwood joined the firm in 1986 in the Fixed Income Division in
London and became a partner in 1994. He spent a year in New York as
co-head of the Capital Markets Group in the Americas, head of Corporate
Bond Trading and co-head of Emerging Markets Debt and in 2001 was named
head of the Fixed Income Division in London. In 2003 he was named global
co-head of the securities business. He has been a leading force behind
the firm’s expansion into emerging markets.
Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities and
investment management firm that provides a wide range of services
worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base that includes
corporations, financial institutions, governments and high net worth
individuals. Founded in 1869, it is one of the oldest and largest
investment banking firms. The firm is headquartered in New York and
maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major
financial centers around the world.
CONTACT: The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Media
Michael DuVally,
212-902-2605