Hélène Russell
Hélène Russell has more than 15 years' experience working in the fields of information and knowledge management. Prior to moving into this field, Hélène spent eight years working as a clinical negligence litigation lawyer followed by two years as a Knowledge Lawyer. Hélène went on to achieve an executive MBA with distinction, studying antecedents to knowledge sharing for her dissertation.
Hélène specialises in translating complex thought leadership and cross-boundary theories into practical tools to improve the efficiency and profitability of real-life businesses. She has a particular interest in encouraging the sharing of complex knowledge and the people-related challenges of Knowledge Management.
Hélène works with a wide range of clients, including law firms, pharmaceutical, health and retail sectors on a variety of strategic projects, strategy creation, as well as coaching, mentoring and support of senior leaders.
Hélène is the Chair of the CILIP Knowledge and Information Management group and a core committee member for the UK Knowledge Mobilisation Forum. She has Chaired international conferences and spoken at various conferences and events, as well as authored a number of key texts on KM and been a contributing author to many other publications.
Reports by Hélène Russell:
Community deck – Managing your talent pipeline: Knowledge and succession
Wednesday, 27th September 2023
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Transforming knowledge management at BASF – GenAI and the evolution of QKnows
10th December 2025
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Read on the Blog:
December 2025 update
3rd December 2025
- Jinfo wins CILIP’s inaugural “McFarlane & Ward Information Management” award
4th December 2025 - December 2025 update
3rd December 2025 - Review of Matchplat – combining AI with traditional industry code searching
27th November 2025
- Team roles and AI (Community) 26th February 2026
- Team demand and AI (Community) 22nd January 2026
- Transforming knowledge management at BASF – GenAI and the evolution of QKnows (Community) 10th December 2025