Stephanie Cohen is Global Head of Platform Solutions at Goldman Sachs and a member of the Management Committee. She is also a Global Executive sponsor of the Women’s Network. Prior to assuming her current role, Stephanie was Co-Head of the Consumer and Wealth Management Division. Before that, she was the firm’s Chief Strategy Officer, where she drove strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, strategic investing and partnerships. Stephanie also led Launch With GS, Goldman Sachs’ $1 billion commitment to invest in companies and investment managers with diverse leadership, as well as GS Accelerate, the firm’s in-house innovation engine. Before that, she was Global Head of Financial Sponsor M&A in the Investment Banking Division (IBD).
Stephanie was Sector Captain for General Industrials in the Global Industrials Group and a member of the M&A Group in IBD. In 2008, she managed Conflicts and Business Selection for IBD in the Americas. Prior to that, Ms. Cohen was a Vice President in the Industrials and Merger Leadership Groups in San Francisco. Earlier in her career, Ms. Cohen worked in New York in the M&A department. She joined Goldman Sachs as an Analyst in 1999, was named Managing Director in 2008 and Partner in 2014.