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.
Joseph DiMaria
Interim Chief Financial Officer and Interim Treasurer
Mr. DiMaria was appointed as the Company’s interim chief financial officer and interim treasurer in February 2021. Mr. DiMaria serves as a Managing Director of Goldman Sachs Asset management and has served in a management capacity in the Goldman Sachs Asset Management Division’s Fund Controllers team since 2015. He also currently serves as the principal financial officer, treasurer and principal accounting officer of the Goldman Sachs Trust, Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust, Goldman Sachs Trust II, Goldman Sachs ETF Trust, Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.
Mike Mastropaolo
Executive Vice President
Mr. Mastropaolo was appointed as an executive vice president of the Company in February 2019. Mr. Mastropaolo 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. Mastropaolo joined the firm in 2016. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Mastropaolo was a Director at Golub Capital where he originated and managed middle market debt and equity investments. Mr. Mastropaolo has been investing in middle market credit for his entire career which started at General Electric in the Investment Analyst training program at GE Capital.
Julien Yoo
Chief Compliance Officer
Ms. Yoo was appointed as our chief compliance officer in June 2019. Ms. Yoo is Vice President of GSAM Compliance, Head of US Regulatory Compliance and Private Investing Compliance teams within GSAM Compliance, and Chief Compliance Officer of the GS Mutual Funds, Closed End Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds. Ms. Yoo joined the firm in 2013. Prior to joining the firm, Julien was a Vice President in the legal department of Morgan Stanley Investment Management for 5 years. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, she was an associate at Shearman & Sterling, LLP and at Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP from 1996-2004.
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.