Since 2018, Dr. Jörg Kukies is State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Finance. Before he became Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Goldman Sachs AG and Managing Director of the Frankfurt branch of Goldman Sachs International from 2014 to 2018, he held several positions at Goldman Sachs.

Until June 1994

Studied Sciences Economiques an der Universität Paris I (PantheonSorbonne)

September 1995 – June 1997

Master of Public Administration, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

July 1997 – February 2001

Ph.D. in finance, University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business

March 2001 – 2004

Associate in product development team, Goldman Sachs International, London

2004 – 2011

Associate and then (from 2007 to 2011) head of the equities division for Germany and Austria, Goldman Sachs International, Frankfurt

2011 – 2014

Head of equity derivatives for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Goldman Sachs International, London

2014 – March 2018

Co-Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs AG and Managing Director of the Frankfurt branch of Goldman Sachs International

Since April 2018

State Secretary for Finacnail market policy and European policy at the Federal Ministry of Finance