NEW YORK CITY (dpa-AFX) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) announced Monday that its board has appointed Mark Edward Tucker as an independent director of the company, effective today. Tucker's appointment expands the Board to 12 directors, 10 of whom are independent directors. The company said that Tucker will be a member of each of its Audit, Risk, Compensation and Corporate Governance and Nominating committees.
Tucker is the Group Chief Executive and President of AIA Group Limited. From 2005 to 2009, Tucker was Group Chief Executive of Prudential plc. He held various positions at Prudential plc from 1986 through 2003, including as Founder and Chief Executive of Prudential Corporation Asia and as an executive director of Prudential plc.
Tucker served as a non-executive director of The Court of The Bank of England from 2009 to 2012 and as a member of its Financial Stability Committee and Audit and Risk Committee. He is a member of the International Advisory Committee of the International Centre for Financial Regulation.
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