By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Anirban Sen
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc on Monday named Avinash Mehrotra and Brian Haufrect as the new co-heads of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for the Americas, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.
Both Mehrotra, who currently is the head of global activism, and Haufrect, who is global head of natural resources M&A, will continue to hold their existing roles.
Russ Hutchinson will rejoin Goldman’s investment banking unit as chief operating officer of its global M&A business, according to the memo.
The contents of the memo were confirmed by a Goldman spokesperson.
(Reporting by Svea-Herbst Bayliss and Anirban Sen in New York; Editing by Chris Reese)
