Craig Balenzuela

Managing director and head of the Client Solutions Group for Australia and New Zealand
Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Craig is a managing director and head of the Client Solutions Group for Australia and New Zealand within Goldman Sachs Asset Management. He is responsible for the capital raising and investor relationship strategy for private and public across both institutional and third-party wealth investors. Craig joined Goldman Sachs in 2022 as a managing director. Prior to joining the firm, Craig worked at QIC, an Australian asset manager, as a managing director and head of global business development and strategic relationships. Before that, he was a managing director at K2 Advisors, a US-based fund of hedge fund and direct strategies manager, where he was responsible for capital raising and developing hedge fund strategies for ANZ investors. Prior to that, Craig established APT, a portfolio modeling company, covering Asia. Asia Pacific. Earlier in his career, he worked in London for Sarasin & Partners. Craig earned a BBus in Finance and Accounting from the University of Technology, Sydney and is a CFA charter holder.