Full Name
Russell Zimmerman
Job Title
Executive Payments Consultant
Speaker Bio
In 2005 Russell became the Chair the Australian Merchants Payment Forum. The Australian Merchants Payment Forum represented merchants in Australia by liaising with the Reserve Bank of Australia, card schemes and other interested parties on all card payment issues.

Due to Russell running his own retail business Russell has an overall view of all types of payment transactions and issues that confront retailers irrespective of size of the merchant from the front of store to the back-room workings.

Russell was appointed Executive Director of the ARA on 7 July 2009 and retired on the 30th of June 2020: Since retiring from the ARA Russell has set up his own consultancy “Russell Zimmerman Consulting” currently Russell is working as an Merchant Consultant for eftpos, and other retail support services
Russell Zimmerman