Richard J. Gnodde

Richard Gnodde is Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs. He has been a member of the Management Committee since 2003 and also serves on the Firmwide Reputational Risk Committee. Mr. Gnodde previously chaired the European Management Committee and served on the firm’s Partnership Committee. 

Mr. Gnodde joined Goldman Sachs in London in 1987 in the merger department. He was appointed Co-Head of the Investment Banking Division (IBD) in Japan in 1997. He became President of Goldman Sachs (Singapore) Pte. and Co-Head of Investment Banking in Asia in 1999 before moving to Hong Kong that same year to become President of Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC. He played a leading role in expanding the firm’s overall Asian footprint, including securing access to China’s Securities markets. In 2005, he returned to London and became Co-Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs International (GSI) in 2006, then served as sole Chief Executive Officer of GSI before becoming Vice Chairman of the firm. From 2011 to 2017 he served as Co-Head of IBD. Mr. Gnodde was named Managing Director in 1996 and Partner in 1998.

Mr. Gnodde serves as a trustee of the University of Cape Town Trust and is a member of the Campaign Board of Cambridge University. He is also a strategic partner of African Parks and a member of the Alzheimer's Research UK Pioneers' Circle.