Russell
Name
Russell
Position
Chairman / Non-Executive Director / Board Advisor / Mentor
Location
Scotland
Big Business Experience
OBI Capital
SAP
Small Business Experience
Maxegan Recruitment
Summary
Russell’s broad and deep career started as a high school entrepreneur exiting his first business at the age of 18. Working for Barclays taught him how to trade with a solid financial foundation. At SAP he excelled as a high performing sales manager, leveraging a clear understanding of key business processes and building up a strong sales team. With a proven track record in growth, and the ability to spot potential came the successful set up, scale up and sale of a high performing professional services business, and a blockchain authentication and investment business. A disruptor with a unique blend of skills, knowledge and determination, fostering deep relationships and access to an extensive and relevant network.
His drive and determination have led to the realization of ten80.
Qualifications
- University of Michigan – UX Design
- Stratham Bryce – Advance Solutions Selling and Negotiation and Business Management
- FICO (Financial & Controlling Certificate)
- SD (Sales and Distribution)
- MM (Materials management
- Smartly – Finance Time Value of Money
- Smartly – Accounting 1 Fundamentals
- Smartly – Marketing Fundamentals
- Smartly – Microeconomics 1 Supply And Demand
Key Areas of Expertise
- Investments
- Sales
- Marketing
- Scale up
- Go to market
- Strategy
- Advisory
- Innovation
- Network
- Building boards
- International exposure
- Channel sales
Experience
ten80 Group, Co- CEO & CHARIMAN – 2019 to 2020
AG Consulting & Apps: Head of Sales – 6-month contract,
Obi Capital Limited, CEO – 2015 – 2018
Wicked Fin, Non-executive Director – 2014 – 2015
Peev Consulting Services: Sales Director 2012 – 2015
SAP South Africa, Channel Sales Manager – 2009 – 2012
Barclays, Commodity Trader – Copper and Steel – January 2007 – December 2009
On site Document Destruction, Founder – 2006 – 2007