The Board of Directors of Goldman Sachs Bank USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., has appointed Matthew W. Barrett, Ann F. Kaplan and Thomas C. Melzer as independent directors of Goldman Sachs Bank USA, increasing the total number of the bank’s directors to ten.
Matthew W. Barrett
Barrett most recently served from 1999 to 2006 as Chief Executive Officer and then Chairman of Barclays PLC. Prior to joining Barclays, Barrett had a distinguished career, spanning 37 years, at Bank of Montreal, a North American bank headquartered in Canada. He joined Bank of Montreal in 1962 and served as its Chairman and CEO from 1989 to 1999.
Barrett currently serves as a director of Harry Winston Diamond Corporation and as a member of the international advisory board of National Bank of Kuwait.
Ann F. Kaplan
Kaplan is the chair of Circle Financial Group and an adjunct professor of Finance at the Columbia University School of Business. Previously, Kaplan was a general partner of Goldman, Sachs & Co. and a managing director after the firm became a public company. Kaplan currently serves on the Board of Financial Guaranty Insurance Company.
Thomas C. Melzer
Melzer is a co-founder and managing director of RiverVest Venture Partners. From 1985 to 1998, Melzer was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Prior to joining the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Melzer had a sixteen year career at Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated. Melzer currently serves as a director of ISTO Technologies, Inc., a development stage orthobiologics company.
We are very pleased that Matt Barrett, Ann Kaplan and Tom Melzer have agreed to serve on our Board, says E. Gerald Corrigan, chairman of Goldman Sachs Bank USA. They have extensive experience and expertise in banking and the financial markets, and we look forward to the valuable advice and counsel they will bring to the bank.
L.D.