Graham Russell

Graham Russell is now into his third year on the judging panel. He has enjoyed an over 50-year industry career that saw him hold many senior engineering positions. Graham began as an apprentice with Newcastle City Transport in 1970 and, with the help of many opportunities, flourished via technical support and line management roles throughout that decade.

He was later seconded to Volvo Bus in Indonesia, with that followed by engineering management at Tyne and Wear PTE, and then from 1985 with Lothian Regional Transport as Assistant Chief Engineer.

In 1997 Graham became First Glasgow Engineering Director. He then moved to New World First Bus in Hong Kong as Chief Engineer. Beyond that, he held further Director level roles with FirstGroup in both the UK and North America before retiring from full-time employment in 2019.