Join GS alumnus Salil Sheth '01GS - Global Head of Prime Finance Engineering and Global co-head of Synthetics Product Group Operations as he discusses his nontraditional path to GS and his successful career in financial technology. Expand your knowledge and network by engaging with Salil while enjoying a light lunch.
Salil Sheth '01GS - Global Head of Prime Finance Engineering and Global co-head of Synthetics Product Group Operations currently oversees Americas and EMEA Synthetics Product group Strats and Equity Custom Basket Strats. Salil serves as senior sponsor for Columbia University and Northern University, overseeing engineering campus recruting. Prior to his current role, he served as global head of the Global Markets Securities Lending and Client Synthetics Technology teams. From 2007 to 2013, Salil held various roles managing the US Equities Post Execution, US Synthetic Products Group, ETF and Risk Technology teams. He joined Goldman Sachs in 2003 as an analyst in Commodities Trading and Sales Technology and was named managing director in 2015.
Salil serves on the Board of Equilend, a financial technology company that specializes in the global securities finance marketplace.
Salil earned a BS in Biological Sciences from Columbia University in 2001.
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Serengeti Timungwa ’22GS - CoChair, GSAA Programming Committee was most recently an Incoming Analyst at Goldman Sachs, having graduated with a degree in Political Science from GS in 2022. While at GS, she served on the student council as First Year President, then Vice President of Policy, and culminating in the role of Student Council President. Throughout her time on GSSC, Serengeti has been incredibly passionate about furthering policy that helps GS students. Some of the initiatives she worked on have been freezing tuition during the 2020-2021 academic year, increasing Covid-19 emergency grants for impacted students, amending the Constitution and By-Laws to make them more inclusive, and advocating for more flexible grading policies during remote learning. Her goal is to constantly increase student representation in various spaces on campus to ensure student voices are always weighed into crucial decisions. Serengeti started her career interning for the New York City Campaign Finance Board, developing and implementing civic engagement campaigns across the five boroughs. She also interned for Manhattan Borough President, Gale A. Brewer (GS '97). Serengeti then took her skills to the California State Capitol where she interned for a State Senator and the Senate Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments. She previously attended The New School in New York City, where she pursued a double-major in Politics and Economics.
