I’ve noticed several people (London) in my network at GS getting promoted from Associate straight to Executive Director in the IB division (just to be clear I mean coverage team covering m&a, ecm, dcm...)
Has ED basically replaced the old VP title in IBD? Or the people who get this promotion are really that strong?
I’ve seen it happen 3 times in the last 12 months (in each case smart boys / girl tbh)
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