Team Overview
RS Investments has been managing Global Natural Resources portfolios since 1995. The dedicated RS Hard Assets Team consists of six investment professionals who average 21 years investment experience. The team members are first and foremost business analysts who spend their time focusing on how businesses create value over time.
Chris Beagle
Chris Beagle
Senior equity trader for the RS Hard Assets Team and RS Value Team
- Tenure with RS Investments: Since 2003
- Tenure in Industry: Since 1992
- Prior Experience: Principal in Sales Trading for Nation's Bank/Montgomery (which became Bank of America Securities); Trader for Robertson Stephens Asset Management
- B.A. from University of California, Berkeley
James Bruce
James Bruce
Member of RS Hard Assets Team and RS Value Team
- Tenure with RS Investments: Since 2012
- Tenure in Industry: Since 1994
- Prior Experience: Co-portfolio manager and analyst at Perpetual Investments in Sydney, Australia; Mining engineer, operating both above and below ground mines while also conducting business development initiatives
- B.A. from Western Australian School of Mines; M.B.A. from the University of Western Australia
MacKenzie Davis, CFA
MacKenzie Davis, CFA
Member of RS Hard Assets Team and RS Value Team
- Tenure with RS Investments: Since 2004
- Tenure in Industry: Since 1993
- Prior Experience: High Yield Analyst at Fidelity Management & Research Company; Vice President at Fidelity Capital Markets; Analyst at Goldman Sachs & Company
- Education: B.A. from Brown University; CFA Charterholder
Martin H. Engel
Martin H. Engel
Member of RS Hard Assets Team and RS Value Team
- Tenure with RS Investments: Since 2007
- Tenure in Industry: Since 1997
- Prior Experience: Generalist at Behrens Rubinoff Capital Partners LLC; Vice President at TenX Capital Partners, a private equity firm affiliated with Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.
- Education: B.S. from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia; M.B.A. from the Wharton School
Ken Settles, CFA
Ken Settles, CFA
Member of RS Hard Assets Team and RS Value Team
- Tenure with RS Investments: Since 2006
- Tenure in Industry: Since 1996
- Prior Experience: Senior Energy Analyst / Co-portfolio manager at Neuberger Berman, LLC; Financial Analyst at Salomon Smith Barney, Inc.
- Education: B.A. from Williams College; CFA Charterholder
Jean Timken
Jean Timken
Senior equity trader for RS Value, RS Hard Assets, and RS Core Growth Teams
- Tenure with RS Investments: Since 2005
- Tenure in Industry: Since 1982
- Prior Experience: Head Trader for West Highland Capital; Head Trader for Pacific Equity Management; Sales/Trader at Hambrecht and Quist
- Education: B.A. from San Diego State University
