Helene Russell

Hélène Russell is a former solicitor turned leadership and knowledge consultant, and founder of The Knowledge Business.

After eight years in practice — primarily in clinical negligence litigation defence — Hélène made her own significant career transition, moving into consultancy work with law firms across the UK. For the past 13 years she has worked at the intersection of legal practice, leadership development, and organisational learning.

She founded the Next Gen Partner Alliance, a programme designed specifically for lawyers navigating the transition into partnership and senior leadership — the territory this session explores.

Hélène has an Executive MBA with distinction, has written extensively on strategy and leadership in legal contexts, and speaks regularly at UK and international legal sector events. She is the author of two textbooks and contributor to a number of books by Globe Law and Business, the latest being “The Future of Legal Knowledge Management: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence”.

She is Chair of CILIP's cross-sector Knowledge and Information Management Special Interest Group and a core organiser of the annual UK Knowledge Mobilisation Forum.