Howard Surloff

CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER

As Chief Legal Officer for Russell Investments, Howard Surloff oversees all legal functions globally. Howard also serves on the firm’s Management Committee. Based in New York, he joined Russell Investments in 2022 with more than three decades of legal and business operating experience. Howard has extensive experience with mergers & acquisitions, having played an instrumental role in numerous transactions. During Howard’s thirteen years at BlackRock, he held several roles including Global Chief Operating Officer of the firm’s $4 trillion iShares and Index business and Deputy General Counsel, where he oversaw a 115-person global legal team. Prior to that, Howard was Managing Director and General Counsel at Goldman Sachs Asset Management in the U.S. Most recently, he served as General Counsel for Blockchain.com.

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Zach Buchwald*

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Kate El-Hillow*

PRESIDENT & CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER

Peter Gunning*

VICE CHAIRMAN & STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIPS OFFICER

Vernon Barback*

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Steve Belgrad*

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Jenny Proctor*

CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER

Charlie Shaffer*

GLOBAL HEAD OF DISTRIBUTION

Howard Surloff*

CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER

Al Caesar

CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

Adam Goff

HEAD OF RESEARCH

Jodie Hampshire

HEAD OF ASIA PACIFIC

Mollie Jensen

GLOBAL HEAD OF MARKETING

Brad Jung

HEAD OF NORTH AMERICA ADVISOR & INTERMEDIARY SERVICES;
PRESIDENT, RUSSELL INVESTMENTS CANADA

Jim Leggate

HEAD OF EMEA SALES AND CLIENTS

Kelly Mainelli

MANAGING DIRECTOR, HEAD OF CUSTOMIZED PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS

John McMurray

CHIEF RISK OFFICER & CHIEF AUDITOR

Ron Pierce

GLOBAL HEAD OF TECHNOLOGY

Kevin Turner

HEAD OF INVESTMENT STRATEGY & SOLUTIONS