Sheara J. Fredman

Sheara is chief accounting officer and the firm’s controller, responsible for the oversight of external and internal reporting, product control and regulatory capital. She is co-chair of the Firmwide New Activity Committee and the Firmwide Stress Test Committee, and a member of the Partnership Committee, Firmwide Capital Committee, Firmwide Asset Liability Committee and Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses Committee. Sheara is also an investment champion for Launch With GS, Goldman Sachs’ $500 million commitment to invest in companies and investment managers with diverse leadership.

Previously, Sheara was head of Regulatory Controllers, with responsibility for the teams that prepare internal and external regulatory information. She also was responsible for the Funding Controllers team, which supports Corporate Treasury. Before that, Sheara served as global product controller, managing the controllers responsible for supporting the Securities Division. She joined Goldman Sachs in 2002 as an associate and was named managing director in 2008 and partner in
2012.

Prior to joining the firm, Sheara worked as an auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York, specializing in capital markets clients.

Sheara earned a BS in Accounting from Yeshiva University and is a certified public accountant.