Geoffrey W. S. Okamoto

Geoffrey W. S. Okamoto is a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs based in New York City. He leads the firm’s efforts on international public policy in addition to assisting clients on matters involving global economic and financial developments. Prior to joining the firm, Geoffrey served as First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, charged with managing relationships with the G-7 and G-20, institutional strategy, lending policies, and risk management. He also oversaw surveillance of large economies and the Euro Area, certain lending programs, and the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Earlier, Geoffrey served as Acting Under Secretary of the U.S. Treasury for International Affairs and Acting Assistant Secretary for International Finance, where he oversaw global financial markets, international economic coordination, climate finance, as well as participation in the Financial Stability Board and international financial institutions. He also served as the Treasury Department’s negotiator on trade with China and on Brexit-related matters with the United Kingdom and European Union. Geoffrey also assisted several emerging market economies in financing their reform programs. For his service, he was awarded the Alexander Hamilton Award, the Treasury Department’s highest honor. He also served on the senior staff of the Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee, in addition to consulting for financial sector clients at KPMG.
Geoffrey is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, a member of the Economic Club of New York, and the Advisory Council of the Bretton Woods Committee. He also sits on the Dean’s Advisory Council for the College of Business Administration at Cal Poly Pomona and the Advisory Board of the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.

Geoffrey earned a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University with a concentration in Banking, Fiscal and Monetary Policy, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He was also a visiting student at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.