Suzanne van Staveren has stepped down as chief financial officer of the Personal Financial Management Group at Goldman Sachs to join the RIA Edelman Financial Engines as its new CFO and executive vice president, effective immediately, Edelman FE said Tuesday.
Van Staveren is replacing Mario Ramos, who left the firm in October to become CFO of the weapons detection security screening company Evolv Technology.
At Goldman Sachs, van Staveren worked with Joe Duran after the firm acquired United Capital in 2019 and combined it with Ayco, an RIA that Goldman acquired in 2003, under the new Personal Financial Management Group umbrella. Duran founded United Capital and served as its CEO.
She played a key role in integrating Ayco, Goldman's workplace financial planning business, and United Capital to become a major "growth channel within Goldman Sachs," Edelman Financial Engines noted.
Van Staveren has over 20 years of experience in leadership positions within the financial services sector overall.
While at Goldman, she also once led Sales Strategy and Execution and Corporate Benefits Specialists teams for Ayco. Before that, she was chief operating officer of the Americas institutional business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
Prior to joining Goldman, she worked at Fidelity Investments and AXA in various functions, including developing and executing strategic plans, implementing new financial tools and processes, optimizing sales channels, improving product roadmaps and working with clients, Edelman Financial Engines noted.
