Russell Hobby (trade unionist)

Russell Keith Hobby (born 22 January 1972) is the General Secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT)

He was born in Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. His father, a plasma physicist for the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. His mother was a qualified primary school teacher. He attended a comprehensive school, the John Mason School. He went to Corpus Christi College, Oxford to read PPE, leaving in 1993.

He became General Secretary of NAHT in September 2010. He was re-elected General Secretary in January 2015..

He lives in England. He has two children.