Russell is Head of Retail in the Liquid Alternatives team. He is an executive with over 30 years’ market experience, including Director level at some of the world’s largest financial institutions. Russell also successfully founded, grew and sold his own asset management and trading business over 13 years to 2021. He is well known within the retail funds, discretionary and advisory areas of the industry in the UK.

After successful spells in Asset Management at AXA and Investment Banking with Citi, Russell founded what is now Atlantic House Group in 2007. The business is a market-leading Liquid Alternatives asset manager and broker dealer, operating in the derivatives space.

Russell was also a Non-Executive Director of three Downing Venture Capital from 2009 to 2021 so is very familiar with the firm.