Dr Mary Russell is the Chief Executive Officer of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA). TEQSA is the regulatory and quality assurance agency for higher education in Australia 

Mary has extensive senior executive experience in regulation and dispute resolution. She held executive roles at the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) for 6 years. While at AHPRA, she led the strategic development and implementation of a risk-based approach to managing regulatory concerns about the performance and conduct of health practitioners. She also held the role of Assistant Ombudsman for Dispute Resolution at the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman. 

Mary has served as chair and member of regulatory boards, concurrently with roles as a health practitioner and a tertiary educator. She has extensive experience of university teaching, curriculum development and delivery, accreditation and completed her PhD in Health Sciences.