Senior Marketing Executive with over 20 years’ experience developing marketing and communications for some of the world’s largest brands.
Russ is the Executive Director for Marketing & Communications and Lead Innovation Officer at Cross River Rail Delivery Authority and was one of the first team members to be appointed by CEO Graeme Newton when Cross River Rail moved into delivery back in May 2017.
Prior to that Russ was MD of integrated communications agency Ogilvy Brisbane, where he built up significant experience assisting State Government with many of its better known and most successful large-scale community engagement initiatives.
Currently a member of the Delivery Authority’s Executive Leadership Team, Russ is passionate about telling the Cross River Rail story and in particular, using digital technology to ensure that people have every opportunity to better understand why Cross River Rail is being built, what it entails and what it means for the future of transport in South East Queensland.