Jonathan Bennett, president of RS Americas [Photo: RS Americas]

Industrial high-service global product and service solutions provider RS has named Jonathan Bennett as president of Fort Worth-based RS Americas, effective immediately. Bennett succeeds Doug Moody, who retired after a distinguished career with the company.

Bennett brings more than 20 years of leadership experience across retail, distribution, and building products. Most recently, he served as president of the Northern Division at Beacon Building Products, where he led a large, multi-region organization with full profit and loss responsibility. Previously, he held other senior leadership roles at Beacon, including chief commercial officer, as well as executive positions at The Home Depot, Total Wine & More, and Boston Consulting Group.

“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’s excited to join the organization and build on its positive momentum.

“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.”

Part of London-based RS Group. RS operates in 36 markets around the world, stocking over 830,000 industrial and specialist products, and listing another five million relevant for its industrial customers, sourced from over 2,500 suppliers. RS Americas stocks some 250,000 products from more than 700 sources. The extensive range of products supports customers across the industrial lifecycle of designing, building, and maintaining equipment and operations, RS said.

RS Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and in the year ended March 31, 2025, it reported revenue of more than $3.3 billion.

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