The appointment of Roger Liddell, former global head of operations at Goldman Sachs, as the new chief executive of LCH.Clearnet is the latest in a string of Goldman's management to leave investment banking.

The US bank has lost several high-ranking staff to other organisations over recent years, including John Thain, who became chief executive of the New York Stock Exchange, and more recently Hank Paulson, who left to become secretary to the US Treasury.