Who they are
Insight
As at Fri 9 Oct 2026Russell Bland is Head of Finance at Hartside Student Living and a signatory-side finance voice on the Growth deal. He handles invoices and legal review of the order form. Both invoices ran late, with a purchase order matching delay given as the reason.
Role: Head of Finance in Nottingham, CRM role finance. He joined the 26 Feb 2026 negotiation call with James Whitworth and Bethany Cole, and was due to take the order form through legal review.
Influence: James holds the signature but agrees nothing until Russell has been through the order form. Russell and James both prefer quarterly payment. He is the addressee on every billing thread.
Watch: The implementation invoice and the Growth subscription invoice were chased as overdue. On 1 Jun 2026 Russell attributed the delay to purchase order matching and committed to the full £54k. The record does not show payment received. Most threads show no reply from him.
CRM records
| Organisation | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartside Student Living | Head of Finance | finance | russell.bland@hartside.example |
Activity
- 24 Sep 2026eventYour renewals, read by the brain
+40
- 11 Sep 2026email threadInvitation: Your renewals, read by the brain
- 16 Jul 2026eventBG-Demo webinar
+38
- 1 Jun 2026email threadInvoice INV-158-0002: payment reminder
- 18 May 2026email threadPayment reminder: invoice INV-158-0002
- 6 May 2026email threadPayment reminder: invoice INV-158-0001
- 10 Apr 2026email threadInvoice INV-158-0002 for Hartside Student Living
- 10 Apr 2026invoiceINV-158-0002
- 30 Mar 2026email threadInvoice INV-158-0001 from BG-Demo
- 30 Mar 2026invoiceINV-158-0001
- 26 Feb 2026callHartside Student Living / BG-Demo – Negotiation
+2
- 23 Sep 2025eventRevenue leaders roundtable
+37
- 8 Sep 2025email threadRevenue leaders roundtable in London