Goldman’s Top European IPO Banker Set to Retire After 31 Years

Christoph Stanger, one of the longtime leaders in Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s equity underwriting business across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, is retiring after more than 31 years.

Stanger will retire at the end of the first quarter, according to an internal memo seen by Bloomberg. He has been chairman of the equity capital markets business in EMEA since 2022 and was co-head of the business for the 15 years before that, his LinkedIn profile shows.

A spokesman confirmed the contents of the memo.

Stanger and his team advised on some of the biggest European bank capital ...