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Karen Cook (banker)
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Karen Cook' (born 1952/1953) is a British banker who chairs the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs.
Early life
Karen Cook was born and raised in London, the only child of a car mechanic father.[2]
Career
Cook started her career in the Foreign Office, but found it "too bureaucratic and slow".[2] She then earned an MBA from Alliance Manchester Business School, and joined First National Bank of Chicago. She moved to Schroders in 1988.[2]
Cook joined Goldman Sachs in 1999 as head of UK investment banking and became a partner in 2000.[2]
In 2004, she became a director of Tesco.[1]
In 2015, Cook became Goldman Sachs' global investment banking division co-chair.[3]
Cook has been called the "Queen of M&A", having advised BG Group on its planned £47 billion takeover by Shell.[3]
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Personal life
Cook is married to fellow banker Patrick Drayton, and they have six children.[1]
References
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