Goldman Sachs is considering former Clinton White House press secretary and PR aide to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner for a top communications role, according to a Bloomberg report.
Siewert, van Praag |
Jake Siewert, who closed out the Clinton administration as press secretary for its final four months, has been a top advisor to Geithner since stepping down from his post-Clinton role at Alcoa.
Lucas van Praag currently heads global communications for Goldman Sachs, which has been a popular target of the public and media in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. The New York Observer notably in 2010 called Goldman's PR under van Praag "basically a stiffly extended middle finger, waved in the air for all to see."
Bloomberg cited three sources in reporting 48-year-old Siewert is in talks about a role similar to that of 62-year-old van Praag, who is a partner at the bank.
Siewert joined Alcoa in 2001 as VP of global communications and public strategy, handling environmental, health and safety issues for the aluminum giant. He is married to Christine Anderson, who was communications director to ex-New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.