- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Kyle Brasseur2022-03-10T18:05:00
Goldman Sachs announced the winding down of its business in Russia, becoming the first major U.S. bank to take such action in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine. JPMorgan Chase later announced similar plans to exit the country.
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