The Board of Directors of Goldman Sachs Bank USA, a wholly owned
subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS), today announced
the appointments of 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.
“We are very pleased that Matt Barrett, Ann Kaplan and Tom Melzer have
agreed to serve on our Board,” said 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.”
Matthew W. Barrett
Mr. Barrett most recently served from 1999 to 2006 as Chief Executive
Officer and then Chairman of Barclays PLC, a major global financial
services provider headquartered in the United Kingdom. Prior to joining
Barclays, Mr. 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.
Mr. 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. In recognition of his business leadership and
public service, Mr. Barrett was made an Officer of the Order of Canada,
the country’s highest civilian honor. He was named Canada’s CEO of the
Year in 1995.
Ann F. Kaplan
Ms. Kaplan is the chair of Circle Financial Group, an investment and
wealth management membership organization and an adjunct professor of
Finance at the Columbia University School of Business. Previously, Ms.
Kaplan was a general partner of Goldman, Sachs & Co. and a managing
director after the firm became a public company. She was a member of the
firm’s Fixed Income Division for 23 years and served as the head of the
firm’s municipal bond department. During her last three years at the
firm, she was a member of the Asset Management Division focusing on
wealth management.
Ms. Kaplan currently serves on the Board of Financial Guaranty Insurance
Company, a provider of credit enhancement for infrastructure finance and
structured securities. She also serves on the Boards of the American Red
Cross, Columbia University, Columbia Business School Board of Overseers,
Smith College and the Museum of Arts & Design. She is a member of the
Committee of 200, the Economic Club of New York, the Council on Foreign
Relations and the International Women’s Forum.
Thomas C.
