Russell is the Group Managing Director, Operations at Grab, and is based out of Singapore. Russell has over 19 years leadership experience in the mobile, telecom, software and distribution industries, leading teams and businesses across Asia Pacific whilst living in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. Prior to Grab, Russell was with SoftBank C&S in Tokyo as Board Director and VP of Business Development & Corporate Strategy from 2014 to 2017, leading all new business, partnerships, global vendor management and M&A strategy. Russell joined SoftBank following the acquisition of Brightstar Corp, where he was Regional MD of Asia from 2012 to 2014, covering 9 markets across the region. Russell also established and ran the Greater China region for Brightstar from Hong Kong, between 2009 and 2012. Prior to Brightstar, Russell worked at Telstra Corp. in Australia.Russell holds a Master of IT from University of Melbourne and a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting & Finance) from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.