Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) serves as investment adviser to Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc.
The GSAM Private Credit Group is responsible for identifying investment opportunities, conducting research and due diligence on prospective investments, structuring investments and monitoring and servicing investments.
We benefit from Goldman Sachs’ extensive network of relationships, leading institutional infrastructure and a tremendous amount of in-house industry knowledge and experience.
Our business and affairs are managed under the direction of our independent Board of Directors.
Brendan McGovern
Chief Executive Officer and President
Mr. McGovern was appointed as our chief executive officer and president in March 2013. Mr. McGovern heads GSAM’s Private Credit Group and also serves as co-head and senior portfolio manager of the GSAM Credit Alternatives portfolio management team. He is also the Chair and a voting member of the Private Credit Group’s Investment Committee, which is responsible for evaluating and approving all of the Company’s investments. Mr. McGovern joined the firm in 2006. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. McGovern served as a managing director in the Global Investment Group at Amaranth Advisors, where he co-headed the fund’s private placement efforts for both debt and equity linked products in the United States. He is also on the Board of Directors for the Oxalosis and Hyperoxaluria Foundation.
Jon Yoder
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Yoder was appointed as our chief operating officer in March 2013. Mr. Yoder is a member of GSAM’s Private Credit Group with a focus on sourcing, structuring and executing privately negotiated debt financings. He is also a voting member of the Private Credit Group’s Investment Committee, which is responsible for evaluating and approving all of the Company’s investments. Mr. Yoder joined the firm in 2005. Prior to joining the firm, he was a member of the mergers and acquisitions and private equity groups at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP.
Jonathan Lamm
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Mr. Lamm was appointed as our chief financial officer and treasurer in March 2013. Mr. Lamm is also chief operating officer of the GSAM Credit Alternatives portfolio management team, responsible for the operations of the business, including business financials, infrastructure support, and IT project management, as well as the continuous improvement of the control environment. Mr. Lamm is secretary and a non-voting member of the Private Credit Group’s Investment Committee, which is responsible for evaluating and approving all of the Company’s investments. He joined the firm in 1999. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Lamm worked in the securities audit practice at Deloitte and Touche LLP.
Maya Teufel
Chief Compliance Officer
Ms. Teufel was appointed as our chief compliance officer in December 2016. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. in September 2016, she was, from November 2013 to August 2016, the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Emerging Global Advisors, LLC (currently part of Ameriprise Financial). While at Emerging Global Advisors, Ms. Teufel also held the position of fund chief compliance officer from October 2015 to August 2016. Prior to joining Emerging Global Advisors, she was, from July 2005 to November 2013, Vice President, Corporate Counsel at Prudential Insurance Company of America, a subsidiary of Prudential Financial Inc., an insurance and financial services company. Prior to Prudential, Ms. Teufel was an associate in the mergers and acquisitions groups of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
Salvatore Lentini
Executive Vice President
Mr. Lentini was appointed as an executive vice president of the Company in March 2013. Mr. Lentini is co-head and senior portfolio manager of the GSAM Credit Alternatives portfolio management team and also serves as its head of liquid credit and trading. Mr. Lentini is also a voting member of Private Credit Group’s Investment Committee, which is responsible for evaluating and approving all of the Company’s investments. Mr. Lentini joined the firm in 2006. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Lentini was a managing director in the Global Investments Group at Amaranth Advisors, where he was responsible for trading all credit products within the United States. Before joining Amaranth, he was responsible for trading high yield and crossover debt at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Earlier, Mr. Lentini traded high yield fixed income for PaineWebber.
Jordan Walter
Executive Vice President
Mr. Walter was appointed as an executive vice president of the Company in February 2018. Mr. Walter is a member of the GSAM Credit Alternatives team with a focus on sourcing, structuring and executing privately negotiated debt financings. He is also a voting member of the Private Credit Group’s Investment Committee, which is responsible for evaluating and approving all of the Company’s investments. Mr. Walter joined the firm in 2014. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Walter was a vice president at MCG Capital where he originated and managed middle market debt and equity investments. Prior to joining MCG Capital, Mr. Walter was in the Financial Management Program at General Electric.
David Yu
Executive Vice President and Head of Research
Mr. Yu was appointed as an executive vice president of the Company in March 2013. Mr. Yu is a member of the GSAM Private Credit Group with a focus on sourcing, structuring and executing privately negotiated debt financings and serves as its Head of Research. Mr. Yu is a voting member of the Private Credit Group’s Investment Committee, which is responsible for evaluating and approving all of the Company’s investments. Mr. Yu joined the firm in 2006. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Yu was an associate in the Global Investments Group at Amaranth Advisors, where he similarly worked with public and private issuers to structure and execute debt and equity financings. Prior to joining Amaranth, he worked in the Leveraged Finance and Sponsor Coverage Group at CIBC World Markets.