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Tina Downing, CPVA, CPBA, RCC

Senior Director and Lead, Business Consulting

Tina Downing serves as Senior Director and lead of Russell Investments’ Advisor & Intermediary Solutions Business Consulting group. In this role, Tina’s team delivers strategic business planning and ongoing consulting to investment advisors and firm leaders across the U.S. and Canada.

Tina, who joined Russell Investments in 2018 with 34 years in the financial services industry, began her career as an advisor in 1989 at PaineWebber and Charles Schwab. She grew her business through building deep lasting relationships with her clients and managing the practice like a business owner. She focused on managing a business that was client centric, efficient, profitable and sustainable and now coaches other advisors as well. Tina transitioned her practice to Smith Barney/Morgan Stanley from Stifel Nicolaus in 2001 and rose through the ranks of Morgan Stanley, ultimately heading up organizational development and knowledge management for the firm, leading teaming and strategic partnering and advanced advisor development.

Tina has coached and consulted advisors and firm executives for many years in areas such as strategic planning, practice optimization, creating a disciplined product strategy and team leadership dynamics and productivity. Tina’s strengths in critical thinking, program management, content development, team building, and executive consulting, helps financial advisors and firm leaders build more successful advisory practices.

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