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Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? - Goldman Sachs, BNY Mellon Investment Management

Editorial Staff

19 November 2021

Goldman Sachs
has named Matt Shafer as head of European distribution.

Shafer will oversee the US firm’s UK and continental European businesses and will work with its investment firms. He will report to Matt Oomen, global head of distribution at BNY Mellon Investment Management, in this newly created role.

One of the world’s largest asset managers, the group oversees $2.3 trillion in assets under management.

Before this role, Shafer worked at Natixis Investment Managers where he was head of international distribution covering financial institutions, intermediary and retail markets, and captive assets. Prior to this, he was head of sales for offshore funds, alternative investments and managed products at Merrill Lynch in the US, and subsequently in London. Shafer started his nearly two-decade long career in investment at Eaton Vance and later Bank of America.