Introducing the Russam Business Network

The Russam Business Network came into being over a long period of time and probably by accident.

"As the longest established mainstream Interim Management provider in the UK, we found that we had created a huge constituency of top independent business people and all we were talking to them about were Interim Management assignments," explains Charles Russam, Chairman of The Russam Business Network and of Russam GMS Ltd, " a combination of IT technology and common sense said why don’t we talk to them about other business propositions that would appeal to their entrepreneurial instincts and why don’t we offer them the opportunity to talk to us in return about their business needs, opportunities, aspirations and ideas – and those of their own clients and associates"?

That is how the Russam Business Network started.

Supporting our well-established search mechanisms, the Russam GMS IND~EX Weekly goes out every Thursday by email to about 8000 senior business people operating on an independent basis and reaches, through their own personal networks, several thousand more - mostly in a matter of hours. Based on the ".... broadest reach ...." of Russam GMS Ltd, the Russam Business network is a unique interactive forum for all entrepreneurial needs, opportunities, aspirations and ideas.

Charles Russam makes the point that underpins the whole concept...

"The needs of the Private Equity community drive the Russam Business Network – asking for immediate introductions of top executives for the businesses they own or have invested in has to be got right – these are make or break issues." He adds, "Whilst many have preferred supply agreements with Search companies, the fact is inescapable that, for short-term and/or immediate needs, the pool of supply is finite. It is a question of who is out there with the right skills and is also available immediately. Finding them calls for the broadest range of suitable profile executives who can be contacted and introduced fast and – important but always slightly secondary - at the most effective cost of hire" The Russam Business Network seeks to be pre-eminent in this market space."