GS - Leadership updates

OKLAHOMA CITY, April 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Xpress Wellness, a Goldman Sachs Sustainable Investment Fund company and leading provider of urgent care, virtual primary care, occupational medicine, behavioral health and post-acute services across rural and suburban communities, appointed Joe Willey as Chief Operating Officer, effective April 27. As COO, Willey will oversee day-to-day operations across Xpress Wellness and Integrity Urgent Care, supporting continued expansion, strengthening operational consistency and enhancing both team member and patient experience across all clinics. "As we continue to grow, strong operational leadership is critical to ensuring we deliver consistent,

Planned leadership transition positions World for continued growthISELIN, N.J., April 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- World Insurance Associates (World), a leading insurance brokerage and financial services firm, today announced that John Newell will join World as chief executive officer, succeeding founder and long-time CEO Rich Eknoian, who established World in 2011. Eknoian, who grew World from a startup to one of the largest independent brokerages in the United States, will transition to the role of executive chairman, remaining closely engaged in strategic growth initiatives and with World's employees and clients.

Seasoned IR Leader from Zayo Group, Marqeta, and Square Brings Deep Expertise Lambda, the Superintelligence Cloud, today announced the appointment of Stacey Finerman as VP, Investor Relations. Finerman brings over a decade of experience in financial communications and capital markets strategy to support Lambda's next stage of growth as a leader in AI infrastructure. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251021703561/en/Stacey Finerman, VP, Investor Relations "We're delighted to have Stacey join our team. Stacey's significant experience strengthens our investor relations capabilities and adds a new set of relationships

With two decades of experience managing companies to exceptional results, Shiffman is well qualified to lead Divcon through a rapid phase of growth Divcon Controls ("Divcon"), a global systems integrator delivering facility management automation and monitoring solutions to the world's biggest mission-critical data center operators, announced today that Marc Shiffman has become its new Chief Executive Officer and has joined the company's Board of Directors. Mr. Shiffman joins Divcon with extensive experience in technology and services leadership, having successfully run multiple companies as an operationally adept executive in partnership with innovative founders. Most recently, Mr. Shif

New CCO to lead contracted offtake for 3+ GW of energy storage to supply utilities, data centers, and power retailers GridStor, a Goldman Sachs Asset Management-backed developer and operator of utility-scale battery energy storage systems, announced today that Lance Titus has been appointed as the company's chief commercial officer (CCO). Titus brings more than 30 years of experience in commodities trading, origination, structuring, and risk management to the GridStor executive team, with extensive knowledge of electricity and other commodities sectors. Prior to joining GridStor, Titus founded several energy trading platforms and concluded over $20 billion in transactions, including contr

Smith to Lead New Era of Client-Centered Growth GENEVA, Ill., June 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Metiri Group, a leading expert and partner in environmental testing solutions, today announced the appointment of Julie R. Smith as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Smith has served as interim CEO since October 2024. She takes over from Cabot Earle, who now serves as Metiri Group's Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, leading the company's M&A strategy.  These leadership changes complete Metiri Group's Executive team, with Ronald Markle serving as Chief Financial Officer and

Smith to Lead New Era of Client-Centered Growth GENEVA, Ill., June 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Metiri Group, a leading expert and partner in environmental testing solutions, today announced the appointment of Julie R. Smith as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Smith has served as interim CEO since October 2024. She takes over from Cabot Earle, who now serves as Metiri Group's Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, leading the company's M&A strategy.  These leadership changes complete Metiri Group's Executive team, with Ronald Markle serving as Chief Financial Officer and

Jeff Bernstein, Partner, Private Equity, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and Co-Head, Goldman Sachs Healthcare Private Equity Investing, joins as new Director.Mr. Bernstein succeeds Michael Bruun in the Goldman Sachs Board seat as part of a planned rotation.Mr. Bernstein's appointment continues Parexel's focus on advancing its strategic roadmap to deliver on the company's growth objectives. DURHAM, N.C., March 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Parexel, one of the world's largest clinical research organizations (CROs) providing the full range of Phase I to IV clinical development services, today announced the appointment of Jeff Bernstein, Partner, Private Equity, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

New joint ownership will support Omega Healthcare in accelerating their growth journey NEW YORK and TORONTO, Dec. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan ("Ontario Teachers'") makes investment in Omega Healthcare Management Services ("Omega" or "the Company") and joins Private Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives as Co-Lead investors. Omega is a leading technology-enabled healthcare management solutions provider. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Omega Healthcare works with healthcare institutions to empower them to deliver exceptional care while enhancing financial performance. Omega aims to help its clients increase revenues, decrease costs, and improve the overa

Industry veteran with track record of driving innovation at scale across multiple enterprise technology companies to accelerate next chapter of growth Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE:NET), the leading connectivity cloud company, today announced the appointment of Chirantan "CJ" Desai as President of Product & Engineering to further accelerate the company's next phase of growth to $5 billion in annual recurring revenue and beyond. Desai's 25+ years of experience spans product innovation, go-to-market strategies, and operational efficiency—all key in building high-performing teams and driving sustained business growth at scale. Desai most recently served as President and Chief Operating Officer at S

Proceeds support advancement of two next-generation precision oncology programs into clinical development within 12 months Financing led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives with participation by Canaan Partners, Driehaus Capital Management, Invus, Digitalis Ventures, Blue Owl Capital, and existing investors Alterome Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company pioneering the development of next generation, small molecule targeted therapies for the treatment of cancer, today announced the closing of a $132 million Series B financing. Proceeds from the fundraise will be used to support the advancement of multiple wholly-owned pipeline programs into the clinic, including a highly specific AKT

NORD/LB and Mitsubishi HC Capital America will support the clean energy facility through debt financing GridStor, a developer and operator of utility-scale battery energy storage systems, announced today that it closed its first tax credit sale with J.P. Morgan in support of its Goleta Energy Storage project. The standalone battery energy storage project is the largest lithium-ion battery facility in Santa Barbara County and began operations in December 2023. In addition to the tax credit transfer, GridStor's Goleta Energy Storage project is financed with long term debt provided by NORD/LB and Mitsubishi HC Capital America. "This deal demonstrates the superior execution capabilities of

DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Parexel, one of the world's largest clinical research organizations (CROs) providing the full range of Phase I to IV clinical development services, today announced the appointment of Susan R. Salka, retired Chief Executive Officer and President of AMN Healthcare Services, Inc., to its Board of Directors. Ms. Salka's appointment is effective Feb. 1. Ms. Salka brings more than 30 years of healthcare leadership experience to Parexel, serving as AMN Healthcare's Chief Executive Officer and President from 2005 to 2022, and as a director of the company from 2003 to 2022. During her tenure AMN grew to become the largest total talent solutions a

Star Mountain Capital, a rapidly growing employee-owned specialized investment firm with over $3.5 billion AUM, focused on delivering systematic alpha and low market correlated returns from high yielding private loans with equity upside in the lower middle-market, announced that Eric Kirsch has joined as Senior Advisor. Star Mountain Capital, LLC ("Star Mountain"), a specialized investment manager with over $3.5 billion in assets under management (committed capital including debt facilities as of 9/30/2023) focused on generating defensive and premium returns from the less efficient and labor-intensive market of U.S. private small and medium-sized businesses (the "lower middle-market"), is

Today, Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is recognizing Flock Freight® Founder and CEO, Oren Zaslansky, as one of the Most Exceptional Entrepreneurs of 2023 at its Builders and Innovators Summit in Healdsburg, California. Goldman Sachs selected Zaslansky from multiple industries to be honored at the two-day event. Oren Zaslansky is the founder and CEO of Flock Freight, a FreightTech company creating a smarter, more sustainable supply chain in today's $8.2 trillion global transportation and logistics industry. Raised by parents who worked for a van line and later started their own freight forwarding companies, Oren has deep-seated roots in logistics and entrepreneurship. At 21, he founded a 125-truc

Former Goldman Sachs Partner to Assume Role of Chief Operating Officer on January 1 Advent International ("Advent"), one of the largest and most experienced global private equity investors, today announced the appointment of Heather Kennedy Miner as Managing Director. Ms. Miner will assume the role of Chief Operating Officer effective January 1, 2023, with responsibility for driving Advent's operations globally, including executing the firm's strategic growth initiatives, overseeing marketing and communications, and delivering on talent development priorities. Ms. Miner joins Advent from Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), where she held a number of leadership positions during her nearly two-decade

The Board of Directors of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) today announced the appointment of Kevin R. Johnson as an independent director of the firm, effective October 26, 2022. Mr. Johnson will also become a member of each of the firm's Governance, Compensation and Risk Committees. Mr. Johnson retired in April 2022 as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Starbucks Corporation, a role he had held since April 2017. Previously, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Starbucks from March 2015 after serving as an independent director on Starbucks' board of directors since 2009. From September 2008 to January 2014, Mr. Johnson served as Chief Executive Officer of

Eagle Global ("Eagle"), a women and minority-owned distributed gaming provider based in Georgia, today announced that it has more than doubled the size of its business and expanded its executive team. Within the past six months, Eagle has doubled its customer base through a combination of M&A and organic growth, expanded its value proposition, and grown employee count. This continued momentum speaks to the significant market opportunity and demand for the right partner from current and future customers who share Eagle's values and focus on compliance. "Over the past six months, we have focused heavily on institutionalizing the business, our compliance processes and customer service, all of

LONDON and NEW YORK, April 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- DirectBooks™, the capital markets consortium founded to optimize global financing markets, today announced the launch of Euro and Sterling Investment Grade deal announcements on the DirectBooks platform. The DirectBooks platform launched in Q4 2020 with deal announcement functionality for U.S. Dollar Investment Grade issuances globally, with a common set of structured deal data and document access for institutional investors. As part of its European expansion, DirectBooks also announced the appointment of Duncan Phillips as