The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) today announced that it has invited 299 individuals to become Managing Directors as of December 1, 2007, the start of the firm's fiscal year.
"We congratulate our new Managing Directors, whose leadership will continue to drive our success across the firm's businesses and in those markets in which we operate around the world," said Lloyd C. Blankfein, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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.
(The individuals invited to become Managing Directors are named on the accompanying page)
We are pleased to announce that the following individuals have been invited to become Managing Directors as of December 1, 2007, the start of the firm's next fiscal year.
| Markus L. Aakko | Â | Stephen I. Lucas |
| Yotaro Agari | Patrick O. Luthi | |
| Julian C. Allen | Rory A. MacFarquhar | |
| Joanne L. Alma | Whitney C. Magruder | |
| Nicholas Alston | Suneil Mahindru | |
| Quentin Andre | Christoffer L. Malmer | |
| Alexandra J. Anido | Monica M. Mandelli | |
| Sergei Arsenyev | Richard M. Manley | |
| Aaron M. Arth | Nicole Martin | |
| George Assaly | Joseph S. Mauro | |
| Arun J. Assumall | Matthew D. McAskin | |
| Victoria J. Attwood Scott | Matthew B. McClure | |
| Jean-Baptiste Aussourd | Christina M. McFarland | |
| Ian T. Bailey | Carolyn E. McGuire | |
| Vivek J. Bantwal | Grainne McNamara | |
| Michael H. Bartsch | Joseph J. McNeila | |
| Philip G. Beatty | Sandeep Mehta | |
| Caroline R. Benton | Francesco Mele | |
| Philip R. Berlinski | Jack Mendelson | |
| Neeti Bhalla | Xavier C. Menguy | |
| Brian W. Bolster | Lance M. Meyerowich | |
| Timothy J. Bowler | Rodney B. Miller | |
| Sharon A. Bradley | Jason Moo | |
| Lawrence S. Brandman | Karim Moussalem | |
| C. Kane Brenan | Grant R. Moyer | |
| Kristin L. Breuss | Gersoni A. Munhoz | |
| Michael J. Buchanan | Michael Nachmani | |
| Donna Burns | Kazuya Nagasawa | |
| Stephen P. Byrne Jr. | Kazuma Naito | |
| Roberto Caccia | Rishi Nangalia | |
| Francesco Cafagna | Allison F. Nathan | |
| Michael A. Cagnassola | Dario Negri | |
| Alfredo A. Capote | Emmanuel P. Niogret | |
| Christian H. Carl | Chris Oberoi | |
| Jimmy R. Carlberg | Dimitri Offengenden | |
| Glen T. Casey | Jun Ohama | |
| Chia-Lin Chang | Gregory G. Olafson | |
| Christian Channell | Beverly L. O'Toole | |
| Westley D. Chapman | Daniel A. Ottensoser | |
| Eva Chau | Edward S. Pallesen | |
| Yves Checoury | Yanis Papagiannis | |
| David Chou | Dave S. Park | |
| Thalia Chryssikou | Anthony W. Pasquariello | |
| Charles J. Citro | Jignesh Patel | |
| Michael J. Civitella | Sandeep H. Patel | |
| Luke E. Clayton | Nirubhan Pathmanabhan | |
| Ira H. Cohen | Mark A. Patterson | |
| Remi Colinmaire | Richard A. Peacock | |
| Kathleen A. Connolly | Vincent Shen Peng | |
| John G. Creaton | Antonio R. Pereira | |
| Cecile Crochu | Peter J. Perrone | |
| Gavin S. Da Cunha | James R. Peters | |
| Lauren Dang | Marco Piccioni | |
| Anne Marie B. Darling | James F. Powell | |
| Paul S. Davies | Luis Puchol-Plaza | |
| Andrew K. Davilman | Sumit Rajpal | |
| Bruno P. De Kegel | Ganesh Ramani | |
| Matthew P. DeFusco | Padideh N. Raphael | |
| Daniel Deng | Peggy D. Rawitt | |
| Thomas Deng | Kathleen M. Redgate | |
| Jeffrey L. Dodge | Donald C. Reed | |
| Jonathan G. Donne | Mark G. Retik | |
| William P. Douglas | James H. Reynolds | |
| Andrew J. Duke | Sean D. Rice | |
| Mary L. Dupay | Robert E. Ritchie | |
| Alessandro Dusi | Scott M. Rofey | |
| Mark S. Edwards | Jeroen Rombouts | |
| Babak Eftekhari | Brice M. Rosenzweig | |
| Jonathan M. Egol | Denis R. Roux | |
| Akishige Eguchi | Noah C. Roy | |
| Halil Emecen | Chiel Ruiter | |
| Andre Eriksson | John M. Ruth | |
| Kazunobu Ezawa | Douglas L. Sacks | |
| Thomas D. Ferguson | Vikram P. Sahu | |
| David P. Ferris | Yann Samuelides | |
| Jonathan H. Fine | Laura D. Sanchez | |
| David A. Fox | Sunil Sanghai | |
| Karen A. Frank | Luke A. Sarsfield III | |
| Jay A. Friedman | Andrei M. Saunders | |
| Timothy Gallagher | Richard A. Schafrann | |
| Maria Paola Garbarino | Oliver Schiller | |
| Huntley Garriott | Martin A. Schneider | |
| Belinda S. Gaynor | Gabriel T. Schwartz | |
| Maksim Gelfer | Michael T. Seigne | |
| Gabe E. Gelman | Konstantin A. Shakhnovich | |
| Jean-Christophe Germani | Richard Shannon | |
| Donald G. Gervais Jr. | Wenbo Shao | |
| Tamilla F. Ghodsi | Daniel A. Sharfman | |
| Brad D. Gillman | Song Shen | |
| Federico J. Gilly | Jonathan M. Sheridan | |
| Marc C. Gilly | James Roger Francis Shipton | |
| John L. Glover III | Faryar Shirzad | |
| David J. Goldburg | Connie Shoemaker | |
| Melissa Goldman | Anna K. Skoglund | |
| Edward J. Goldthorpe | Andrew J. Smith | |
| Mark R. Gordon | Courtney B. Smith | |
| Richard C. Govers | Ronny Soemitro | |
| Bennett Grau | Bing Song | |
| Bradley J. Gross | Jonathan E. H. Sorrell | |
| Franz A. Hall | Bertram N. Spence | |
| Patrick P. Hargreaves | Ken Sugimoto | |
| Arni G. Hauksson | James Kin Kong Sun | |
| Vicky M. Hayes | Steve Sun | |
| Michael L. Hensch | Aurora J. Swithenbank | |
| Steven P. Herrup | Hidekazu Tani | |
| Ning Hong | Carl H. Taniguchi | |
| Douglas Horlick | Sulian M. Tay | |
| Pierre Hudry | Mark J. Taylor | |
| Jonathan O. Hughes | Ryan J. Thall | |
| Yuji Ito | Robert B. Thompson | |
| Brian J. Jacoby | Terence Ting | |
| Andrius Jankunas | Jacquelyn G. Titus | |
| Dominique M. Jooris | Mark C. Toomey | |
| Rajiv K. Kamilla | Kenneth A. Topping | |
| Brian A. Kane | Pamela C. Torres | |
| Hun Sok Kang | Ronald Trichon Jr. | |
| Amna Karim | Kenro Tsutsumi | |
| Vijay M. Karnani | Stellar K. Tucker | |
| Noriko Kawamura | Peter van der Goes Jr. | |
| Dirk-Jan J. Keijer | Damien R. Vanderwilt | |
| William P. Keirstead | Ram S. Venkateswaran | |
| Shuya Kekke | Vincenzo Volpe | |
| Prashant R. Khemka | Gerard N. Von Dohlen Jr. | |
| Vivien Khoo | Christoph von Reiche | |
| Tammy A. Kiely | Elizabeth S. Wahab | |
| Jisuk Kim | Sherif J. Wahba | |
| Lee Guan Kelvin Koh | John M. Wang | |
| Masafumi Koike | Zhixue Josh Wang | |
| Tsui-Li Kok | Michael L. Warren | |
| Qing Ying Kong | Haruko Watanabe | |
| Vanessa L. Koo | Russell J. Watson | |
| Satoshi Kubo | Simon R. Watson | |
| Lewis S. Kunkel | Douglas C. Weaver | |
| Shane M. Lanoway | Vivien Webb Wong | |
| Jan K. Laubjerg | Peter A. Weidman | |
| Eddie Siu Wah Law | Karl D. Wianecki | |
| Edward J. Lawrence | Rory L. Wilfork | |
| Kim M. Lazaroo | Gavin A. Wills | |
| Scott L. Lebovitz | Steven D. Winegar | |
| Geoffery Y.A. Lee | Kenneth Hong Kit Wong | |
| Edward T. Lees | Stephen T. C. Wong | |
| David A. Levy | Xin Xia | |
| Xiang Li | Shunichi Yamada | |
| Jie Lian | Kentaro Yamagishi | |
| Hong Liang | Raymond L. Yin | |
| Dirk L. Lievens | Ka Yan Wilfred Yiu | |
| Dimitri Linde | Hisaaki Yokoo | |
| Philip G.W. Lindop | Hsin Yue Yong | |
| Michael W. Linse | Sergei Zhiltsov | |
| David B. Lischer |
