Goldman Sachs (GS.N) has appointed David Viniar as its next independent lead director, succeeding Adebayo Ogunlesi, who will step down at the bank’s annual meeting in April, according to a filing on Friday.
Viniar, who joined the board in 2013 after serving as Goldman’s finance chief for over a decade, will also assume the role of chair of the board’s governance committee.
Additionally, Tom Montag will take over as the leader of the board’s risk committee.
Montag, who joined the group last year after retiring as the chief operating officer at Bank of America in 2021, previously spent 22 years at Goldman, rising to co-head of its securities business.
Ogunlesi will step down from Goldman’s board following BlackRock’s announcement last week of acquiring Global Infrastructure Partners, where he serves as chairman, for $12.5 billion.
Ogunlesi is set to join BlackRock’s board after the deal’s completion.
