Russell Chambers is a Consultant providing strategic advice to TSG Consumer. He is a career investment banker, with over 35 years of experience advising boards and management teams on strategy and capital raising, as a Senior Managing Director with Merrill Lynch, Investec, UBS and Credit Suisse. Russell also acted as the CEO of Credit Suisse’s UK business in the late 2000’s and then took a Senior Advisory role with Credit Suisse, until stepping down in 2020. Russell has had broad exposure to a range of industrial sectors and a long track record of successfully taking a significant number of businesses public. Russell is Chairman of the Global Advisory Council and Vice President Customer Strategic Advisory of the NYSE listed software business ServiceNow. He also serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director with the Euronext listed infrastructure investor Antin Infrastructure Partners. Russell began his career with Hogan Lovells – where he qualified as a solicitor after reading law at UCL. He lives in London and is married with three children.
What was the first job you had?
Selling men’s underwear at Harrods!
What’s the one piece of advice you would give to an entrepreneur who is trying to take their business to the next level?
Don’t talk, just get stuff done. It is all about execution.
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
Trees don’t grow to the sky.
Q&A
What attracted you to TSG?
I am fanatical about building consumer brands.
What is your greatest accomplishment?
A wonderful marriage and three divine children.
What are your greatest sources of inspiration?
Successful business folk who remain grounded and remain hungry but humble at the same time.