NYT February 11--"Joseph Jiampietro, one of the government’s top deal makers during the financial crisis, has joined Goldman Sachs as a senior investment banker covering the financial services industry.

Mr. Jiampietro was previously a senior adviser to Sheila C. Bair, the chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, during the throes of the financial crisis where he helped coordinate more than 100 government-assisted bank deals. He was also one of the chief architect of the F.D.I.C.’s policies on the private equity involvement in the banking industry and was Ms. Bair’s main liason to hedge funds and broader Wall Street community. He left the F.D.I.C. last August, after serving for just over a year.

At Goldman, Mr. Jiampietro will serve as a managing director in the financial institutions group, where he will advise a range of small and large banking clients.

A Goldman spokeswoman confirmed that Mr. Jiampietro started late last month, although Goldman did little to trumpet his hiring."

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