Rich Kasnia

Partner & Chief Human Resources Officer

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Mr. Kasnia is the CHRO of StepStone Group where he focuses on partnering with business leaders to attract, develop and retain market leading talent. He is also a committee member of the StepStone Charitable Giving Program

Prior to joining StepStone in 2021, Mr. Kasnia began his career as a human capital management consultant in the Big 4 concentrating on large scale HR transformation, cost containment and change management projects in the global financial markets space.  He then moved into a corporate role as the Global Head of Total Rewards at Alliance Bernstein where he led teams in the areas of compensation, benefits, immigration, domestic and international relocation, and expatriate programs. Mr. Kasnia then became the Head of Compensation for the Global Banking and Markets platform at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Following BAML, he joined Guggenheim Partners as the Head of Global Talent, Total Rewards, and HR Operations.  Most recently, Mr. Kasnia founded a boutique investment management and advisory Firm.  He merged his advisory business with Korn Ferry where he served as a Senior Client Partner in the Global Financial Markets Advisory practice.

Mr. Kasnia graduated with a BS in Accounting from Fordham University.