Diversity & Inclusion

Our Commitment

We believe that the diversity of our workforce, including diversity of perspectives, enhances our performance-based culture and is critical to the success of:

The Firm

We strive for excellence. To achieve it, we must have the best people, and the best people are drawn from the broadest pool of applicants.

Our People

Ours is a culture of teamwork. For our groups to excel, all members must feel that they are operating in an inclusive environment that welcomes and supports differences, and that encourages input from all perspectives.

Our Clients

Their interests always come first. To continue providing our clients with creative ideas and solutions for operating effectively in a complex global economy, we must be fully capable of dealing with different cultures in an informed and nuanced manner.

Fostering Inclusion

Diversity and Inclusion at Goldman Sachs

Sustaining a work environment where our people feel comfortable bringing their full selves to work and are empowered to reach their full potential continues to be a priority. As a firm, we believe that having the best team positions us to meet the needs of our clients – and to have the best team, our people must bring a range of perspectives to the table and reflect the diversity of the communities where we live and work.

Recruiting the best, most diverse talent

We continue to search for talent in new places and in new ways, from leveraging technology (e.g., HireVue video interviews and Virtual Insight Webinar Series for students to learn about financial services and to prepare for interviews) to engaging with a broader range of candidates and offering early programs designed to engage and attract people who may not otherwise look to pursue a career in financial services – to partnering with numerous external organizations to help us improve our recruiting efforts.

Inclusion Networks

Employee Inclusion Networks forums, which are open to all professionals at Goldman Sachs, develop programs that support our firm’s diversity and inclusion strategy.

They offer career development and educational programs, create networking forums, and sponsor client events. We have developed and support inclusion networks and interest forums globally, including the following:

Asian Network
Black Network
Disability Network
Hispanic/Latinx Network
LGBTQ+Network
Veterans Network
Women’s Network
Working Parent Forum

These groups provide an opportunity for our people to share concerns and feedback, and to develop professional relationships with those from other business units and divisions. Additionally, they help our people to identify opportunities for professional development.

Gender Pay Gap Report

UK Women in Finance Charter

As a global firm, the advancement of women in the workplace is a priority for us. We are focused on making measurable change with respect to our gender diversity at all levels with a particular focus on senior representation.

Our participation in the UK Women in Finance Charter is one part of this commitment. In 2018 we signed the UK Women in Finance Charter and committed to a goal that women represent at least 30 percent of our senior talent (vice president and above) by 2023.

Our Sixth Year as a Signatory

In 2021 we reached our UK Women in Finance Charter aim of 30 percent women in UK senior roles (vice president and above) ahead of the 2023 target. We are pleased to report we continue to make progress beyond this goal. As of 31 August 2024, our representation of women in UK senior roles is 32.4% vs. 28.7% in 2019 which was our first reporting year as a signatory.

Our 2023 EMEA Managing Director class was our most diverse to date, including 32% women, accretive to overall diversity of our managing directors and further driving our senior women representation.

UK Race at Work Charter

At Goldman Sachs, we have long been committed to promoting diversity and inclusion. Yet there is more to be done.

In December 2019, we signed the UK Race at Work Charter delivered by Business in the Community. As part of our signatory status, we committed to 5 key actions to drive inclusion in our workplace.

We are focused on promoting the representation of ethnically diverse groups across all areas of the firm. It requires attention at the earliest stages of hiring and ensuring we have robust retention initiatives throughout an employee’s career life-cycle. It is vital that we have a diverse group of people who bring a broad range of experiences, capabilities and perspectives to our organisation – it just makes good business sense.