London's GLG Partners Inc. just hired Goldman, Sachs & Co. partner Driss Ben-Brahim to develop a special situations platform, which will include the firm's emerging markets special situations business. He also will develop a global macro platform and other funds tailored to sovereign wealth funds.
Since 2006, Ben-Brahim has run Goldman's emerging markets trading business in London as well as an emerging markets principal investments business. Prior to Goldman, he worked with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. - Baz Hiralal