Goldman Sachs' top 100 London traders: the definitive list
Being a Goldman Sachs trader doesn’t have quite the same luster that it used to.
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Results we’ve seen from the firm in 2025 so far (Q1 results will be next week) suggest that its performance has been middling compared to rivals: Fixed income, currencies, and commodities traders posted revenues up just 8.4% on last year, and their colleagues in equity 23% up. Neither result was distinguishing. The firm’s London subsidiary, Goldman Sachs International, didn’t do much better either.
Still, it’s remarkably competitive to get into Goldman Sachs. The acceptance rate for interns is around 0.7%. The acceptance rate for professional applicants is around 0.3%. The firm definitely has its pick of the litter with applicants – and these are some of the most distinguished in London, courtesy of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority.
Anara Abdyrakhmanova – EM FX Trading
Kartik Agarwal – Credit Trading
Seyhan Ahmet – Inflation Trading
Felicity Anderson – MD, XVA Trading head
Max Andersson – Equities Exotics Trading
Inigo Andrade – Inflation Trading
Alexandre Athanassiadis – Distressed Credit Trading
Pooja Bajaj – EM Macro Trading
Samuel Bangura – Mortgages Trading
Davinder Bedi – Special Situations Trading
Andrea Berni – MD, Exotics Trading
Rebecca Bibb – MD, Single Stock Volume Trading head
Benjamin Binet – Precious Metals Trading head
David Bodenstein – MD, European IG, LevFin, Macro Trading head
Marco Botero – Equities Trading
Marouane Brahimi – Derivatives Trading
Xueming Cao – Equity Derivatives Trading
Majed Chehab – Derivatives Trading
Paulo Costa – MD, Equity Derivatives Trading
Gabriel Costelloe – Credit Trading
Erika Courpron – EMEA MSCI & Custom Baskets Trading head
Thomas Cox – FX Options Trading
Abhipreet Das – CDS/XVA Trading
Katherine D’Cruz – EM FX Trading
Rajinder Dhami – Credit Trading
Safiya Dikko – Rates Exotics Trading
Stefan Djukic – EM Credit Trading
Nikita Dmitruks – Commodities Trading
Gavin Dolan – Equity Derivatives Trading
James Ellery
Ellery joined Goldman after a 15-year stint at JPMorgan back in 2015 as a Partner in the firm. He spent a decade across the firm’s APAC offices, and was CEO of its Singapore office until late 2024 when he was shuffled to London. While in Singapore, he was APAC Currencies and Emerging Markets trading chief.
Efe Erel – FX Options Trading
Andrew Fisher – MD, EMEA Flow & Strategic Equity Derivatives Trading head
Andrew Forester – MD, EMEA Mortgage & CLO Trading head
Johan Fritz – Equity Trading
Nicole Gilbert – MD, Equity Derivatives Trading
Guillaume Gnech – MD, Equity Derivatives Trading
Tina Goldarreh – Derivatives Trading
Harley Golding – MD, Credit Trading
Marco Gottschalk - Short-Term Power Trading head
Dario Grechi – EM Trading
Emil Grimsved – FX Options Trading
Kristof Grysolle – MD, Retail Systematic Trading Strategies head
Isabel Gyger – CVA Macro Trading
Alexander Harman – MD, EMEA Electronic and Program Trading head
Marynn Hong – Credit Trading
Christian Howitt – Rates Trading
Ying Huang – Commodities Trading
Anxhela Isaraj – Rates Trading
Madhav Janakiraman – MD, Oil Trading
Lear Janiv
Janiv heads up Goldman’s FICC and equities trading desk in Europe. He was previously head of interest rates product for the firm. A Goldman lifer, he joined the firm fresh out of Princeton in 2007, was made MD in 2015, and was made a Partner in 2022.
Josiah Jarosz – Credit Trading
Andrey Kazantsev – Crypto Derivatives Trading head
Phillip Killicoat – Commodities Trading
Anthony Kim
Anthony Kim heads up Goldman’s global metals trading operation. A Goldman lifer who joined the firm from MIT back in 2004, he was made an MD in 2015 and a Partner in 2022.
Teresa de Lera – Equity Derivatives Trading
Justin Lomheim
Lomheim, co-head of Goldman’s Goldman's commodities financing and structured trading desk, joined the firm as an associate in 2004. He was made an MD in 2011 and a Partner in 2022.
Thomas Lord – Equity Derivatives Trading
Giulia Magnani – MD, Derivatives Trading
Matthieu Meisel – FX Trading
Edouard Mifsud – Oil Trading
Luke Molyneux – FX Trading
Prateek Mookerjee – MD, FX Options Trading
Agata Odrowaz-Sypniewska – Equity Derivatives Trading
Stuart Perry – Rates Trading
Paul Petges – Equity Exotics Trading
Charlie Petit – Equity Derivatives Trading
Tommy Pinhas – MD, Equities Trading
Evgeny Polishchuk – EM FX/Rates Trading
Richard Privorotsky
Privorotsky is a Goldman lifer, having joined the firm in 2008 in New York – and moved to London for the firm in 2011. He was made an MD in 2018 and a Partner in 2022, and currently heads up the firm’s European cash equities trading desk.
Alexander Rauner – MD, IG Corps Trading head
Benjamin Readman - Environmental Products Trading head
Matthew Reid – MD, Credit Exotics Trading head
James Roberts – MD, EM Trading
Jean Santini – Equity Exotics Trading
Jan Scheffel
Scheffel has had a number of roles across his time at Goldman. Currently short-term macro trading head, he was also previously the firm’s global co-head of STIR Trading. He was made a Partner in 2024.
Georg Schraut – Power Trading
Gamal Selvarajah – MD, Macro Credit Trading
Mark Seymour – Credit Trading
Praneet Shah – MD, FX Options Trading
Inna Shaykevich – MD, Funding Trading head
Chitrarth Shrivastava – Credit & ETF Trading
Arthur Sichel – MD, Equity Exotics Trading
Gianmarco de Simone – Equity Exotics Trading
Yetheen Singh – EM Trading
Leigh Smith – Carbon Trading
Justus Stoermer – Equities Exotics Trading
Kany Traore – Leveraged Finance Trading
Davide Trinello – Equity Derivatives Trading
Polina Ursul – EM Derivatives Trading
Denzel Voesenek – MD, Equities Trading
Akash Waghela – EM Credit Trading
Adam Walker – MD, FX Trading
Max Wilden – EM Exotics Trading
Henry Xiang – IG Credit Trading
Jonathan Yarrow
Yarrow, who heads up a number of commodities trading desks, has been with Goldman more or less since 2005. He was with Australian miner BHP Billiton before that as a gas, power, and coal trader. Goldman made him an MD in 2018 and a Partner in 2022.
Defne Yildizgorer – Equities Program Trading
Xien Zhou – MD, CEEMEA Equity Cash & Derivatives Trading head
Christiaan Zijlmans – MD, EM Structured Trading
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