Meet our leadership team

Our leaders work toward a single purpose:
To improve people's financial security.

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

Peter Mortensen

CHIEF RISK OFFICER

Ron Pierce

GLOBAL HEAD OF TECHNOLOGY

Kevin Turner

HEAD OF INVESTMENT STRATEGY & SOLUTIONS