Julian Russell

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Bcom, MBA, CA

Julian has 25 years’ experience in financial services, spanning investment banking and the broader finance sector. Before joining L1 Group, he was CEO of ASX-listed Eclipx Group (now FleetPartners, ASX:FPR), where he led a successful turnaround that delivered an annualised EPS growth rate of 44% and a share price increase of more than 450% during his tenure.

Prior to Eclipx, Julian was Co-Head of Financial Institutions at UBS Investment Bank in Australia, advising clients across asset management, wealth management, banking, insurance and non-bank financials on M&A and capital markets transactions. Earlier in his career, he worked with Merrill Lynch in EMEA.

Julian holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master of Business from University College Dublin and is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK.