Affiliation: Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

Geoffrey Okamoto is a managing director in the Office of Government Affairs. He leads the firm’s efforts on international public policy, coordinating cross-jurisdictional issues and engaging with global policymakers. Okamoto also assists clients on matters involving global economic, geopolitical, and financial developments. He joined Goldman Sachs as a managing director in 2022. 

Previously, Okamoto served as First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), managing relationships with G-7 and G-20 nations, and overseeing institutional strategy, lending policies and risk management. He also oversaw economic surveillance and use of IMF resources by large economies, as well as the IMF’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Prior to the IMF, Okamoto served as Acting Under Secretary of the U.S. Treasury for International Affairs and Acting Assistant Secretary for International Finance, where he oversaw global markets, economic coordination, trade negotiations, and participation in the Financial Stability Board. Okamoto also assisted several governments in financing their reform programs. 

Earlier, Okamoto was on the senior staff of the Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee. He was also a consultant for KPMG serving financial sector clients. 

Okamoto is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, a member of the Economic Club of New York, and a member of the Bretton Woods Committee. He also sits on the Dean’s Advisory Council for the College of Business Administration at Cal Poly Pomona. Okamoto previously served as Chairman of the Alumni Board for Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy and was an Atlantick-Brucke Young Leader. 

Okamoto earned a master’s degree in Public Policy from Georgetown University with a concentration in Banking, Fiscal and Monetary Policy, and a bachelor’s degree from California State Polytechnic University in Computer Information Systems. He was also a visiting student at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.