Russell Smith is a Director at This is Agency. He possess expertise in petroleum, upstream, gas, project management, energy industry and 14 more skills. He is proficient in Spanish, Indonesian and French. Colleagues describe him as "Russell is a sharp, focused, and a very hard working manager. He has a strong character, Leadership and a very good understanding of the business context. He has managed to transform his team from a small Gas Projects and Engineering service group into an organisation that have appraised a mega project (West Nile Delta) and have delivered a major project (Taurt Phase 1). Russell has always helped people to play to their strength and has never accepted mediocracy or complacency." and "My experience working with Russell Smith at BP was consistently beyond the expected. Russell has a unique ability to inspire others to their best work, rather than purely motivating them to do what someone else wants. The difference between inspiration and motivation is that people who feel inspired are more apt to give far more than what is asked. Russell has great integrity and is a natural leader, and truly inspires greatness in others."