Overview

Gender

female

Sarah Smith is the Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Goldman Sachs, with responsibility for the 1,700 members of the global Controllers department. She is a member of the Management Committee and serves on several firmwide committees, including the Firmwide Risk Committee and the Steering Committee on Regulatory Reform. She also serves as co-sponsor of the firmwide Disability Interest Forum. She previously served on the Partnership Committee and the Business Standards Committee.

Ms. Smith joined Goldman Sachs in 1996 as a vice president in Finance and held various positions prior to assuming her current role in 2002. She was named Managing Director in 1998 and Partner in 2002.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Smith worked in the national and audit practices of KPMG in both London and New York and held several finance positions at Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Ms. Smith previously served on the US Treasury Department’s Commission on the Auditing Industry. She is also Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lighthouse International, a leading charity serving the needs of the blind and visually impaired.

Ms. Smith is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.