DMRussell Consulting Inc is a tourism services firm formed in 2002 to provide senior level advice to governments and the private sector on tourism sector development and urban development and planning.

The principal, David Russell, has over 30 years experience, most recently as Managing Director for KPMG Consulting LP's international tourism consulting practice. Prior to joining KPMG, he was Partner responsible for the tourism practice for ARA Consulting Group Inc, one of Canada's leading consulting firms specializing in international consulting services.

Directing over 200 tourism assignments in more 20 countries in the last two decades, David's projects have ranged from Cabinet level advice on tourism destination issues to directing multi-disciplinary teams of up of to 75 experts in preparing tourism master plans. This experience has included extensive feasibility work, conducted for domestic and international clients on hotels and resorts, interpretive centres and museums, tourism services, land use developments and technology initiatives.

Closely related to tourism is his land use planning experience, including long range and waterfront planning for Halifax, Canada where he directed the City's long ranging planning unit, and various downtown and waterfront planning and development projects in Canada, the US and the Caribbean.

SERVICES

DMRussell Consulting Inc works with an extensive network of domestic and international specialists to deliver quality consulting services to clients in the following areas:

• Tourism - legislation, destination management plans and development strategies, product development plans, ecotourism, industry competitiveness and tourism standards programs, marketing and positioning, branding
• Feasibility Analyses - for projects ranging from public and private sector tourism projects to major development projects for downtown and waterfront community areas
• Development Projects and Land Use Planning - land development projects, land use planning systems, destination resort planning, tourism product planning for parks and protected areas, waterfront planning, downtown planning

EDUCATION	B.A. (Economics), Carleton University, Canada
	M.C.P. (City Planning/Economics), University of Pennsylvania,USA

CAREER SUMMARY
2002 -	President, DMRussell Consulting Inc.
1999 - 2002	Managing Director, KPMG Canada
1990 - 1999	Partner, The ARA Consulting Group Inc.
1987 - 1989	Vice-President, Western Region, The DPA Group Inc.
1985 - 1986	Manager, The DPA Group Inc., Winnipeg
1982 - 1985	Senior Consultant and Manager, The DPA Group Inc., Ottawa
1976 - 1982	head, Municipal Plan Division, City of Halifax Planning Department.
1974 - 1975	Researcher, Philadelphia Partnership Ltd.
1970 - 1973	Planner, City of Halifax