Nishi Somaiya

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Nishi is global co-head of Wealth Management. She is co-chair of the Asset & Wealth Management (AWM) Wealth Management Capital Committee and serves on the Management Committee and Wealth Management Operating Committee. She is a member of the Firmwide Client Franchise Committee. Prior to her current role, Nishi was global head of Private Banking, Lending and Deposits within AWM.

Nishi joined Goldman Sachs in 2001 as an analyst on the Leveraged Finance team in London. She moved to the Credit Trading desk in 2002 and was subsequently a founding member of the European Special Situations Group (ESSG) in 2003. Nishi ran the Private Capital business within ESSG, focusing on middle market lending and growth equity, from 2014 to 2019. She was co-chief investment officer and head of the global growth equity business within Asset Management from 2019 to 2023. She was named managing director in 2011 and partner in 2016.

Nishi serves on the board of SEO, a nonprofit that provides access, training and mentoring for talented young people from underrepresented and underserved communities.

Nishi earned a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Oxford, Queen’s College, in 2001. She is a CFA charterholder.