Goldman Veteran Olafson Joins BDT & MSD as President and Co-CIO

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. veteran Greg Olafson is leaving the firm to join merchant bank BDT & MSD Partners as president, co-head of global credit and co-chief investment officer.

Olafson will join the firm in July and report to its co-chief executive officers Byron Trott and Gregg Lemkau. The executive was most recently global head of private credit within Goldman’s asset management arm.

“His investing acumen will further strengthen our ability to meet the investing needs of founders, business-owning families, and likeminded investors,” said Trott, who is also the company’s co-chief investment officer. Lemkau, who worked at Goldman with ...