Goldman Names Estrada to Co-Head Brazil Investment Banking (1)

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. named Cristina Estrada co-head of the investment-banking division in Brazil.

Estrada, who is currently chief operating officer of the Latin America financing group, will continue to head the region’s investment-banking derivatives business, the New York-based company said in an internal memo Friday. She’ll relocate to Brazil from New York and co-lead the division with Ricardo Bellissi. She’s replacing Rodolfo Soares, who left the firm earlier this year.

Goldman doesn’t have a chief executive officer in Brazil, and is instead managed by a committee that Estrada will join. The other committee members are Bellissi, Paula ...