---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-272995"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GS"
cik: "0000886982"
company_name: "GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2021-09-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T04:01:43.078324+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Goldman Sachs names Denis Coleman CFO; Scherr retiring Dec 31

## Summary
- Stephen Scherr to retire as CFO effective Dec 31, 2021; will become Senior Director.
- Denis Coleman appointed CFO effective Jan 1, 2022; serves as Deputy CFO immediately.
- Coleman, co-head Global Financing Group since 2018, joined GS in 1996.
- Coleman's annual salary set at $1,500,000, eligible for variable compensation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-272995
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GS
- cik: 0000886982
- company_name: GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2021-09-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886982/000119312521272995/0001193125-21-272995-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886982/000119312521272995/d173702d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-272995
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-272995.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Denis P. Coleman III was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 14, 2021, the Board of Directors of Goldman Sachs determined to appoint Denis P. Coleman III, 47, and currently the co-head of the Global Financing Group in the Investment Banking Division (IBD) since June 2018, as Chief Financial Officer of Goldman Sachs, effective January 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886982/000119312521272995/0001193125-21-272995-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stephen M. Scherr retired as Chief Financial Officer at GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Stephen M. Scherr, currently Chief Financial Officer of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (Goldman Sachs or the Registrant), has determined to retire as Chief Financial Officer on December 31, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886982/000119312521272995/0001193125-21-272995-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.