Management Team
Benjamin L. Douglas
Benjamin L. Douglas joined RS Investments in 2003 as General Counsel after nearly a decade specializing in investment management law. He joined the firm from Charles Schwab Investment Management, where he served as Vice President and Senior Counsel. Previously, Ben was an associate at Shartsis, Friese & Ginsburg LLP, a leading law firm in the investment management industry. He holds a J.D. and an M.P.P., along with a B.A. in history, from the University of California at Berkeley.
David M. Elliott
David M. Elliott is a Principal at RS Investments and is a senior member of the Institutional Services team, which serves the Firm's institutional and intermediary clients. He is responsible for maintaining certain client and consultant relationships. David joined RS in 1995 and established the Firm's presence in institutional, 401(k), and subadvisory markets. Prior to joining RS, he spent 11 years at Fidelity Investments, where he was responsible for Pension and
401(k) relationships. He received a B.A. from the University of New Hampshire.
James E. Klescewski
James E. Klescewski joined RS Investments in 2006 as Chief Financial Officer. He has three decades of financial and accounting experience, including similar positions at Montgomery Asset Management, LLC, Equitec Financial Group Inc., and Fremont Investment Advisors, Inc. Jim holds an M.B.A., along with a B.S. in accounting, from the California State University at Hayward, and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Tom Neukranz
Tom Neukranz is Head of Institutional Strategy, Development and Sales. He is responsible for directing all distribution efforts for RS Investments' institutional business. Prior to joining RS Investments in June 2011, Tom held senior leadership positions in institutional sales at ING Investment Management, JP Morgan, and was global head of exchange traded derivative sales at Goldman Sachs. Tom earned a BSIM from Purdue University.
John J. Sanders, Jr.
John J. Sanders, Jr. joined RS Investments in 2004 as Chief Compliance Officer. Prior to joining RS, John was the director of compliance and the co-COO for Husic Capital Management in San Francisco, beginning in April 2000. Prior to that, he was the Equity Compliance Director at Fleet Robertson Stephens. John began his career in the securities industry with Kidder, Peabody & Co. in New York. In 1976, he moved to San Francisco and joined Robertson, Colman, Siebel and Weisel (which became Robertson Stephens in 1983) as the Director of Compliance and Operations. He also serves as Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Vice President of the RS Investment Trust, reporting directly to the Fund's Board of trustees.
Matthew H. Scanlan, CFA
Matthew H. Scanlan is Chief Executive Officer of RS Investments and serves as President and Trustee of the RS Investment Trust and RS Variable Products Trust. He joined RS Investments in 2012 and has more than 30 years of experience in the investment management industry. Matt previously served as president and CEO of Renaissance Institutional Management, where he was responsible for overseeing the firm's institutional investment business. Prior to that, he managed Barclays Global Investors' institutional business, focusing on the corporate and public defined benefit and defined contribution markets, as well as endowments and foundations. Matt also previously served as a senior portfolio manager at The Northern Trust Company in Chicago. Matt received his master's in accounting and finance from the J.L. Kellogg School at Northwestern University and his B.S. from the University of Southern California. He is a CFA charterholder, and serves on the Board of Governors of the CFA Institute, the Board of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, and the Board of Trustees of the Mechanics Institute in San Francisco. He is the 2006 winner of the C. Steward Sheppard Award for contributions to the global curriculum of the CFA Institute, and is also a winner of the 2006 Jacobs/Levy Award for Outstanding Article appearing in the Journal of Portfolio Management.
Mark Thomas
Mark Thomas joined RS Investments in 2007 as Chief Marketing Officer. He leads all RS marketing functions including branding, product marketing and development, communications, and public relations. Prior to joining the firm, Mark held senior leadership positions at Janus Capital Group, where he led strategic product development, product management, and marketing communications. He also served as a member of the firm's Management Committee. Mark has been in the asset management business since 1992 and holds a B.S. from the University of Colorado at Boulder.