Russell has extensive experience in production, quality assurance and meat retail industry roles. He brings this knowledge and experience with good humour and a smile to his training and assessment role at TQMS. He is currently training retail butchers in central regional Victoria and has students in the north central area of the Victoria undertaking smallgoods qualifications.

Russell also brings with him a wealth of experience in the primary meat industry, having worked in abattoir and smallgoods manufacturing areas in roles such as labourer, butcher, meat inspector and quality manager and business partner for ham and bacon at a prominent smallgoods establishment in Victoria.

Together with his wife Fiona, he enjoys travelling and quality time spent with their horses and maintaining paddocks and gardens at their property in Ballarat.