Our leadership

Salim Ramji is chief executive officer of Vanguard and a member of the board of directors. Prior to joining Vanguard in July 2024, Salim served in a variety of leadership roles over the past 25 years spanning investments, capital markets, and wealth management. Most recently, he was the global head of iShares and index investments at BlackRock and a member of the global executive committee. Previously, he was a senior partner at McKinsey & Company, where he led the asset & wealth management practice areas. Salim started his career as a lawyer with Clifford Chance in London and Hong Kong. He is a trustee of Graham Windham, a New York-based child-welfare organization, and serves on the international leadership council for the University of Toronto. Salim holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and politics from the University of Toronto and an M.A. degree in law from Cambridge University and is a CFA charterholder.

Gregory Davis is Vanguard's president and chief investment officer, and a member of the board of directors. He is responsible for all aspects of the firm’s investment management, retirement business, and services for financial advisor clients, overseeing the majority of Vanguard’s fund and ETF distribution. Previously, Greg was principal and global head of Vanguard Fixed Income Group, responsible for its portfolio management, strategy, credit research, trading, and planning functions. He also served as the company's Asia-Pacific chief investment officer and a director of Vanguard Investments Australia. Greg is a member of the board of governors of the Investment Company Institute and a member of the Investor Advisory Committee on Financial Markets for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He also serves as vice chair of the board of trustees for Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. From 2016 to 2024, he was a member of the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. He earned a B.S. in insurance from Pennsylvania State University and an M.B.A. in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Philadelphia. 

Matt Benchener is managing director of Vanguard Personal Investor, which directly serves millions of individual investors and small businesses representing more than $2 trillion in assets.³ Previously, he led Personal Investor Client Services and Operations. He joined Vanguard in 2008 and has held several leadership positions, including chief marketing officer for Personal Investor, as well as senior roles in the firm's Institutional Investor and Corporate Strategy groups. Matt earned a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Matt is a member of the board of directors of SIFMA, a leading trade association for broker-dealers, investment banks and asset managers operating in the U.S.

Amma Boateng is managing director of Vanguard’s Financial Advisor Services division, which provides investments, services, education, and research to more than 1,000 financial advisory firms representing nearly $3 trillion in assets.⁴ Amma joined Vanguard in 2004. Before her current role, she headed the channel in Financial Advisor Services that serves wirehouse, independent, and regional broker-dealers. She has also worked in the company’s Investment Management Group, its Corporate Strategy department, and its Finance and Personal Investor divisions. Amma earned an A.B. in English and economics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Joseph Brennan is managing director and Vanguard's global chief risk officer. He is responsible for overseeing global risk and security functions, which include enterprise risk management, investment risk management, and cyber security and fraud protection. Previously, Joe served as head of Vanguard Equity Index Group, chief investment officer of the Asia Pacific region, a director of Vanguard Investments Australia, and head of Vanguard Portfolio Review Department. Joe earned a B.A. in economics from Fairfield University and an M.S. in finance from Drexel University. He is also a graduate of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Philadelphia.

John James is managing director of Vanguard's Institutional Investor Group, which serves the investment needs of employers offering company-sponsored retirement plans as well as organizations such as endowments and foundations. Previously, he was chief human resources officer and managing director of Vanguard's Human Resources division, which is responsible for talent, leadership, and culture. Before that, he was based in London as the managing director of Vanguard's U.K. and European operations. John joined Vanguard in 2008 and has held leadership roles in the company's Financial Advisor Services division and overseen its Australian operations in Melbourne. John earned an M.B.A. from the University of Adelaide and holds certificates from both the Wharton Advanced Management Program at the University of Pennsylvania and the Advanced Human Resource Executive Program at the University of Michigan.

Chris McIsaac is managing director of Vanguard's International division, which provides investments to institutions, financial advisors, and individual clients in more than 80 countries around the world. He joined Vanguard in 1997. Most recently, Chris was head of Vanguard's Planning and Development Group, now known as Strategy, Product, Marketing, Communications Group; before that, he was head of the Institutional Investor Group. Chris holds a B.S. from Saint Joseph's University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He is also a member of the Franklin Institute board of trustees.

Karin Risi is managing director of Vanguard’s Strategy, Product, Marketing and Communications division. She is responsible for guiding Vanguard’s business development and enterprise strategic direction, developing and overseeing a global investment product lineup serving the firm’s 50 million investors, and strengthening Vanguard's brand and reputation. Since joining Vanguard in 1997, Karin has held leadership positions spanning the firm's corporate, institutional, and individual investor divisions. Before assuming her current role, she was managing director of Vanguard's Personal Investor division responsible for the business strategy, client experience, and brokerage and wealth management services for Vanguard's 9 million individual investor clients. Karin serves on the Investment Committee of the Barnes Foundation and the Corporate Council for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Karin holds both a B.B.A. in finance and an M.B.A. from Villanova University.

Tonya T. Robinson is general counsel of Vanguard and secretary of the Vanguard funds. She is managing director of the Office of the General Counsel, where she leads the firm’s Global Public Policy, Legal, Compliance, and Investment Stewardship departments. Prior to joining Vanguard in 2024, Tonya was the vice chair and general counsel for legal, regulatory, and compliance at KPMG LLP. She previously served in the White House as special assistant to the president for justice and regulatory policy and as acting general counsel at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Prior to her work in government, Tonya was a partner at the international law firm WilmerHale LLP and held other senior roles in the public and private sectors. Tonya serves on the boards of directors for the National Women’s Law Center and Ethics Research Center as well as the board of visitors for the Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy. Tonya holds a B.A. in public policy studies from Duke University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Michael Rollings is chief financial officer and managing director of Vanguard's Finance division, which is responsible for corporate financial services, fund financial services, internal audit, and real estate and facilities management. Mike joined Vanguard in June 2016 and was previously executive vice president and CFO of MassMutual Financial Group. Before that he led MassMutual's Capital Markets division. Mike holds a B.S. in business administration from Georgetown University and a postgraduate degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Nitin Tandon is chief information officer and managing director of Vanguard’s Information Technology division, overseeing all aspects of the company’s use of technology to serve clients and manage investments. Nitin previously led Vanguard’s Retail and Corporate Systems within the Information Technology division. He joined Vanguard in 2019 to lead the Chief Technology Office and previously served as a consultant and partner for Deloitte Consulting, leading their Financial Services Cloud practice. Nitin holds a bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India.

Lauren Valente is managing director and Vanguard’s global chief human resources officer. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of human resources, including talent, leadership, and culture, across the firm. In her previous role, Lauren was a principal in the defined contribution retirement plan business in Vanguard's Institutional Investor Group, where she led Participant Services and Operations. Since joining Vanguard in 2003, she has held various roles in the organization's Institutional, Information Technology, and Retail divisions. Before joining Vanguard, Lauren earned a B.S. in information systems from Saint Joseph's University. She earned an M.B.A. from Villanova University.

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