About
Russ joined Powerscourt’s 360 campaigns team as a Director in February 2022 after a successful career in journalism, focusing on corporate communications, long-term reputation management, story generation and media relations across several major listed and unlisted clients in the division. He has advised several FTSE 100 companies and major private companies at C-Suite level.
He is now a Director in the Consumer Team with an expanded remit focusing on financial and corporate communications to multiple stakeholders, while also advising on difficult corporate issues and change management. He has detailed experience in special situations and crisis work, including media handling of complex cyber-attacks and sensitive personnel issues, successfully mitigating reputational impacts for clients. Russ also acts for clients outside the Consumer team, acting for major listed and unlisted construction, support services and financial services companies.
As a former senior journalist with over two decades of experience in the industry he is also an expert in modern multi-media practices, and regularly trains clients in conducting media interviews. He was most recently Economics Editor of the Telegraph, where he was a regular columnist, and uses his first-rate writing skills to produce thought leadership pieces which have been published in a range of major outlets including the Financial Times, Telegraph and London Evening Standard.