Robert Mass as a former Goldman Sachs Senior Executive, Global Compliance Head of the sales and trading businesses, and International Compliance Head is a world-class expert in governance, supervision and compliance across markets and business types – and particularly in sales and trading, commodities and derivative compliance. He was also instrumental in the creation of Goldman’s ethics program and expert in the development and management of firmwide ethics programs.
EXPERTISE
EDUCATION
The New School – New York, NY
PhD. Candidate in Philosophy (area of concentration: ethics)
Harvard Law School - Cambridge, MA
J.D., Cum laude
University of California - Santa Cruz, CA
A.B., in Politics, with Honors
WORK HISTORY
SEDA Experts
Managing Director
2022-Current
Hunter College, CUNY
Instructor in Ethics
2021-Current
Goldman Sachs Group
Senior Advisor, Compliance Division – New York, NY
2017 -2020
Partner, Head of International Compliance - London, UK
2013-2017
Managing Director, Partner, Global Head of Securities Division - New York, NY & London, UK
2004-2017
Vice President, Managing Director, Head,
Fixed Income, Currency and Commodity Compliance
1997-2004
Vice-President, J. Aron Commodity and
Currency Division Compliance
1992-1997
New York County District Attorney
Deputy Chief, Investigation Division
Chief, Labor Racketeering Unit
Assistant District Attorney, Career Criminal Unit
1982-1992
Kramer, Levin, Nessen & Kamin
Associate
1978– 1982