Russell Colbourne

Russell Colbourne, FCCA, GAICD, currently serves as Chief Financial Officer at Karia since November 2024. In addition to this role, Russell has been actively engaged with ACCA since April 2019 as Chair of the ACCA ANZ Member Panel Network, Vice Chair of ACCA Australia and NZ Member Panel, and as a member representing South Australia. Russell is also a Lecturer in Practice Management at The College of Law Australia, Chair of the Advisory Board at ChiBall World, and a Consultant at CCA Pty Ltd. As the former Director of the Founder Institute's Adelaide chapter and Founder of Feesable.co, Russell has been instrumental in mentoring entrepreneurs and guiding scalable business ventures. Other notable positions include Part-time CFO at CFO Centre Australia, Host of the finance-focused show "Your Money Machine," and Independent Board Member with the City of Marion's Infrastructure and Strategy Committee. Russell holds degrees in Accountancy from the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants and Entrepreneurship from the Founder Institute, alongside governance education from the Australian Institute of Company Directors.