Denis Coleman

Chief Financial Officer Goldman Sachs

Last Reviewed: October 1, 2026

Executive Summary

Denis Coleman has been Chief Financial Officer of Goldman Sachs since January 2022. He has spent his whole career at the firm, joining in 1996 as an analyst in the Bank Loan Group and building a career in debt financing: he co-headed U.S. loan capital markets and leveraged finance, ran credit finance and then the financing group for Europe, the Middle East and Africa from London, and co-headed the Global Financing Group from 2018 before becoming deputy CFO in 2021. Goldman Sachs ranked No. 36 on the 2026 Fortune 500.

Career Highlights

• Chief Financial Officer of Goldman Sachs since January 2022.
• Deputy Chief Financial Officer, 2021.
• Co-Head of the Global Financing Group, 2018 to 2021.
• Head of EMEA Credit Finance and then the EMEA Financing Group, 2009 to 2018.

Professional Journey

Coleman earned a BA in politics at Princeton University in 1996 and joined Goldman Sachs that year as an analyst in the Bank Loan Group. He moved to capital markets in 1998 and to the Investment Banking Division in 2004, becoming co-head of U.S. Loan Capital Markets in 2005 and of U.S. Leveraged Finance in 2008. He was named managing director in 2005 and partner in 2008.

In 2009 he became head of EMEA Credit Finance in London, and from 2016 to 2018 head of the EMEA Financing Group. He co-headed the Global Financing Group from 2018 to September 2021 and was then Deputy CFO until becoming Chief Financial Officer in January 2022.

He serves on the boards of Covenant House International and Hospital for Special Surgery.

Education

Princeton University

Bachelor of Arts, Politics