Goldman Names Raman as Head of Alternatives Capital Markets (1)

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. named Akila Raman as global head of its private and alternatives capital markets business, according to a memo seen by Bloomberg News.

Raman, most recently chief commercial and strategy officer of transaction banking at the bank, will in her new role lead capital raising, structuring and distribution within the growing alternatives asset class, the memo shows. She joined Goldman in 2004, was made a managing director in 2015 and became partner in 2018.

The Wall Street lender also handed another long-time banker at the firm an expanded role, adding Americas head of equity derivatives to Michael ...