Russel Howcroft is an Australian business man and media personality best known as a panellist on the ABC television program The Gruen Transfer.

He is the former national CEO of advertising agency George Patterson Y&R. Howcroft also served Executive General Manager of Network Ten from February 2013 to February 2017 before moving to PwC just months before the network was placed into voluntary administration. Howcroft holds a Bachelor of Business (Marketing) from Monash University.