Peter Goodson Bio

For the last four decades, Mr. Goodson has been an active participant in initiating creative solutions for corporations, governments, municipalities and charitable organizations. Mr. Goodson was a partner at CD&R from 1988 to 1993. Before joining CD&R, Mr. Goodson was a managing director at Kidder, Peabody & Co., where he founded the mergers and acquisitions group 25 years ago. Mr. Goodson served as co‑head of Kidder’s investment banking department, implementing the firm’s successful entrance into merchant banking. He also was elected to the management committee to oversee Kidder’s worldwide business and strategic development. Mr. Goodson is a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, where he teaches courses in negotiation. He is a graduate of Stanford University and has served on the board of directors of the Stanford athletic department. He completed the Harvard Business School program for financial executives.