Goldman Sachs Announces New Managing Directors

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) today announced that it has invited 299 individuals to become Managing Directors as of December 1, 2007, the start of the firm’s fiscal year. "We congratulate our new Managing Directors, whose leadership will continue to drive our success across the firm’s businesses and in those markets in which we operate around the world,” said Lloyd C. Blankfein, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high net worth individuals. Founded in 1869, it is one of the oldest and largest investment banking firms. The firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centers around the world. (The individuals invited to become Managing Directors are named on the accompanying page) We are pleased to announce that the following individuals have been invited to become Managing Directors as of December 1, 2007, the start of the firm’s next fiscal year. Markus L. Aakko   Stephen I. Lucas Yotaro Agari Patrick O. Luthi Julian C. Allen Rory A. MacFarquhar Joanne L. Alma Whitney C. Magruder Nicholas Alston Suneil Mahindru Quentin Andre Christoffer L. Malmer Alexandra J. Anido Monica M. Mandelli Sergei Arsenyev Richard M. Manley Aaron M. Arth Nicole Martin George Assaly Joseph S. Mauro Arun J. Assumall Matthew D. McAskin Victoria J. Attwood Scott Matthew B. McClure Jean-Baptiste Aussourd Christina M. McFarland Ian T. Bailey Carolyn E. McGuire Vivek J. Bantwal Grainne McNamara Michael H. Bartsch Joseph J. McNeila Philip G. Beatty Sandeep Mehta Caroline R. Benton Francesco Mele Philip R. Berlinski Jack Mendelson Neeti Bhalla Xavier C. Menguy Brian W. Bolster Lance M. Meyerowich Timothy J. Bowler Rodney B. Miller Sharon A. Bradley Jason Moo Lawrence S. Brandman Karim Moussalem C. Kane Brenan Grant R. Moyer Kristin L. Breuss Gersoni A. Munhoz Michael J. Buchanan Michael Nachmani Donna Burns Kazuya Nagasawa Stephen P. Byrne Jr. Kazuma Naito Roberto Caccia Rishi Nangalia Francesco Cafagna Allison F. Nathan Michael A. Cagnassola Dario Negri Alfredo A. Capote Emmanuel P. Niogret Christian H. Carl Chris Oberoi Jimmy R. Carlberg Dimitri Offengenden Glen T. Casey Jun Ohama Chia-Lin Chang Gregory G. Olafson Christian Channell Beverly L. O'Toole Westley D. Chapman Daniel A. Ottensoser Eva Chau Edward S. Pallesen Yves Checoury Yanis Papagiannis David Chou Dave S. Park Thalia Chryssikou Anthony W. Pasquariello Charles J. Citro Jignesh Patel Michael J. Civitella Sandeep H. Patel Luke E. Clayton Nirubhan Pathmanabhan Ira H. Cohen Mark A. Patterson Remi Colinmaire Richard A. Peacock Kathleen A. Connolly Vincent Shen Peng John G. Creaton Antonio R. Pereira Cecile Crochu Peter J. Perrone Gavin S. Da Cunha James R. Peters Lauren Dang Marco Piccioni Anne Marie B. Darling James F. Powell Paul S. Davies Luis Puchol-Plaza Andrew K. Davilman Sumit Rajpal Bruno P. De Kegel Ganesh Ramani Matthew P. DeFusco Padideh N. Raphael Daniel Deng Peggy D. Rawitt Thomas Deng Kathleen M. Redgate Jeffrey L. Dodge Donald C. Reed Jonathan G. Donne Mark G. Retik William P. Douglas James H. Reynolds Andrew J. Duke Sean D. Rice Mary L. Dupay Robert E. Ritchie Alessandro Dusi Scott M. Rofey Mark S. Edwards Jeroen Rombouts Babak Eftekhari Brice M. Rosenzweig Jonathan M. Egol Denis R. Roux Akishige Eguchi Noah C. Roy Halil Emecen Chiel Ruiter Andre Eriksson John M. Ruth Kazunobu Ezawa Douglas L. Sacks Thomas D. Ferguson Vikram P. Sahu David P. Ferris Yann Samuelides Jonathan H. Fine Laura D. Sanchez David A. Fox Sunil Sanghai Karen A. Frank Luke A. Sarsfield III Jay A. Friedman Andrei M. Saunders Timothy Gallagher Richard A. Schafrann Maria Paola Garbarino Oliver Schiller Huntley Garriott Martin A. Schneider Belinda S. Gaynor Gabriel T. Schwartz Maksim Gelfer Michael T. Seigne Gabe E. Gelman Konstantin A. Shakhnovich Jean-Christophe Germani Richard Shannon Donald G. Gervais Jr. Wenbo Shao Tamilla F. Ghodsi Daniel A. Sharfman Brad D. Gillman Song Shen Federico J. Gilly Jonathan M. Sheridan Marc C. Gilly James Roger Francis Shipton John L. Glover III Faryar Shirzad David J. Goldburg Connie Shoemaker Melissa Goldman Anna K. Skoglund Edward J. Goldthorpe Andrew J. Smith Mark R. Gordon Courtney B. Smith Richard C. Govers Ronny Soemitro Bennett Grau Bing Song Bradley J. Gross Jonathan E. H. Sorrell Franz A. Hall Bertram N. Spence Patrick P. Hargreaves Ken Sugimoto Arni G. Hauksson James Kin Kong Sun Vicky M. Hayes Steve Sun Michael L. Hensch Aurora J. Swithenbank Steven P. Herrup Hidekazu Tani Ning Hong Carl H. Taniguchi Douglas Horlick Sulian M. Tay Pierre Hudry Mark J. Taylor Jonathan O. Hughes Ryan J. Thall Yuji Ito Robert B. Thompson Brian J. Jacoby Terence Ting Andrius Jankunas Jacquelyn G. Titus Dominique M. Jooris Mark C. Toomey Rajiv K. Kamilla Kenneth A. Topping Brian A. Kane Pamela C. Torres Hun Sok Kang Ronald Trichon Jr. Amna Karim Kenro Tsutsumi Vijay M. Karnani Stellar K. Tucker Noriko Kawamura Peter van der Goes Jr. Dirk-Jan J. Keijer Damien R. Vanderwilt William P. Keirstead Ram S. Venkateswaran Shuya Kekke Vincenzo Volpe Prashant R. Khemka Gerard N. Von Dohlen Jr. Vivien Khoo Christoph von Reiche Tammy A. Kiely Elizabeth S. Wahab Jisuk Kim Sherif J. Wahba Lee Guan Kelvin Koh John M. Wang Masafumi Koike Zhixue Josh Wang Tsui-Li Kok Michael L. Warren Qing Ying Kong Haruko Watanabe Vanessa L. Koo Russell J. Watson Satoshi Kubo Simon R. Watson Lewis S. Kunkel Douglas C. Weaver Shane M. Lanoway Vivien Webb Wong Jan K. Laubjerg Peter A. Weidman Eddie Siu Wah Law Karl D. Wianecki Edward J. Lawrence Rory L. Wilfork Kim M. Lazaroo Gavin A. Wills Scott L. Lebovitz Steven D. Winegar Geoffery Y.A. Lee Kenneth Hong Kit Wong Edward T. Lees Stephen T. C. Wong David A. Levy Xin Xia Xiang Li Shunichi Yamada Jie Lian Kentaro Yamagishi Hong Liang Raymond L. Yin Dirk L. Lievens Ka Yan Wilfred Yiu Dimitri Linde Hisaaki Yokoo Philip G.W. Lindop Hsin Yue Yong Michael W. Linse Sergei Zhiltsov David B. Lischer