Russ Tipper is a product management director at Capital Group, home of American Funds, responsible for retail product management and strategy. He has 24 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for five years. Prior to joining Capital, he was managing director and head of third party discretionary and client discretionary platforms at Merrill Lynch. Before that, he worked in various roles supporting investment product, marketing and distribution at Nationwide Financial and Putnam Investments. He holds a master’s degree in finance from Northeastern University and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Denison University. He also holds the Certified Investment Management Analyst® designation. Russ is based in Los Angeles.