Goldman Sachs hires Google's Evan Kotsovinos as partner, division engineering head

July 6 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs said on Monday that Evan Kotsovinos has joined the banking giant from Google as a partner and head of asset and wealth management engineering.

Here are more details from the press release:

• Kotsovinos will work with teams across asset and wealth management division, and GS Engineering, on investment performance, client experience, risk management and day-to-day operations, the bank said.

• At Google, Kotsovinos served as head of privacy, safety and security, overseeing artificial intelligence safety and data protection, the bank said.

• He previously led technology infrastructure at American Express and held engineering leadership roles at Morgan Stanley in Europe and Asia.

(Reporting by Pritam Biswas in Bengaluru and Saeed Azhar in New York; Editing by Vijay Kishore)