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Goldman's head of global markets division to retire in March - memo

Feb 16 (Reuters) - Michael Daffey, chairman of Goldman SachsGroup Inc's global markets division, is set to retire inMarch, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters andconfirmed by a spokeswoman.

Daffey, who has been at the bank for nearly 28 years, helpedthe bank's preparation for Brexit, the memo said.

The outgoing chairman was also the global co-chief operatingofficer of the bank's equities franchise, before joining hiscurrent role.

Daffey was named managing director in 2000 and a partner in2002.(Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru; Editing by MajuSamuel)

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