Russell Beck

About Russell Beck

Russell Beck draws on a diverse background having worked as an engineering project leader in 26 countries, as EMEA Head of Talent for Yahoo!, as a Managing Director of a £120m turnover outsourcing business, (where his teams delivered 1% of all recruitment in the UK) and as a global people strategy consultant. He has consulted with and supported leadership teams of companies of all sizes from SME to FTSE100 – and across many sectors including technology, engineering, pharma, retail, finance, hospitality, public and the 3rd sector.

Russell delivers conference keynotes, ‘inspire and challenge’ talks and interactive workshops. Recently he delivered the keynote talks at Vodafone’s global hackathon (which was live-streamed to all employees globally), at annual conferences for ACAS HR Leaders, CIMA and Skillsnet Ireland, and at the launch of the Irish Government’s ‘future of retail’ event. He has lectured at Cambridge University Judge School of Management, UCSD and Nottingham Trent University, has been interviewed for articles in The FT and he has worked with executives of many organisations including Top Employers Institute, dnata, Bionical EMAS, SafeLives and others.

Russell’s has a 1st class degree in Electronic and Communication Engineering, a Masters through research (both from Bath University) and a Diploma in Business Studies from Henley Business School.