RS has named Jonathan Bennett president of RS Americas, appointing a veteran retail and distribution executive to lead its operations across North and South America following the retirement of longtime executive Doug Moody.
The appointment is effective immediately, RS said.
Bennett most recently served as president of the Northern Division at Beacon Building Products, where he led a multi-region organization with full profit-and-loss responsibility. He previously held senior roles at Beacon, including chief commercial officer, and earlier worked in executive positions at The Home Depot, Total Wine & More and Boston Consulting Group. Bennett is a graduate of Harvard Law School and the University of Pennsylvania.
“Jonathan is an accomplished executive with deep product and channel expertise gained from leading retailers and distributors,” Simon Pryce, CEO of RS Group, said in a statement. “He has a strong track record of driving strategic growth, improving performance and rallying teams around continuous improvement.”
Bennett said he is eager to build on the company’s momentum in the Americas.
“I couldn’t be more excited to join the RS Americas team,” Bennett said. “RS’s mission and values strongly resonate with me, and I look forward to accelerating growth and contributing to the company’s purpose-led culture.”
RS is a distributor of industrial, electronic and automation products serving maintenance, repair and operations (MRO), manufacturing, engineering, and technical customers. The company supplies components and equipment used to design, build, and maintain industrial machinery and facilities, including automation and control equipment, interconnect and electromechanical components, and a broad range of private-label RS PRO products.
In the Americas, RS stocks more than 250,000 industrial and electronic products from more than 700 suppliers. Globally, RS operates in 36 markets, stocks more than 830,000 products and lists an additional 5 million items through its digital catalog and sourcing network.
RS Group plc, which trades on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker RS1, reported revenue of $3.38 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025.
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