“Paul brings enthusiasm and acumen coupled with high emotional intelligence; he has an innate drive to deliver outcomes. Paul is good with people on a one to one basis or in ad-hoc or more formal meeting discussions, making people comfortable to contribute. Paul pursues root causes when presented with symptoms of a deeper problem. Paul builds trust with disclosure and openness and is receptive to advice, ideas and help. Paul will confront people performance issues and not shy away from them”

Richard Symes - SAP implementation Manager at the British Council

“Few people have the opportunity to report to a Leader who is also a coach and mentor—but I did when I worked for Paul. I had the pleasure of collaborating on several projects and Implementing Change management at CHEP UK. I was particularly impressed by Paul's ability to rally a team around him. A skill that often takes years to develop but it seemed to come perfectly naturally to Paul. My career and professionalism is the by-product of this man's great mentoring ability”

Mohammed Dawood - Multiple site leader (South Central Region including London) at CHEP UKI

“I worked with Paul for 3 years on a variety of complicated real estate projects. Paul offered crucial operational input to the real estate considerations and project managed a broad group of internal and external stakeholders (including consultants, lawyers, engineers) exceptionally well. Paul demonstrated leadership and commanded respect from his staff and colleagues. It was a pleasure working with him”

Nigel Coleman - Head of Category Management at CHEP NZ

“Paul is a positive, energetic and engaging leader; able to build relationships at all levels and get the best out of teams. Paul engages teams in order to bring about change in a traditional operations / manufacturing environment by challenging long established practices and viewpoints to be open to continuous improvement and new ideas”

Mark Brooke - Manufacturing Director at James Walker

“Paul is one of the best leaders I have worked with. He is professional in all he does and is always looking to improve things and move forward. Paul sees the best in people and will guide and push them to achieve their best. Paul is not afraid to ask the difficult questions but will always strive to do the best for the business he works for and with. On top of all that, Paul is a thoroughly decent bloke!”

Andrew Brown - UKI regional Quality Assurance Manager at CHEP UKI

“Having worked with Paul for many years I found his vision and drive first class in delivering operational objectives. His honest leadership approach brings respect and delivers results. Paul has excellent communication and motivation expertise and engages cooperation at all levels within an organisation”

Christopher Hackett - Interim Materials controller at Coveris UK

“Paul was instrumental in providing me with external training opportunities, when others perhaps didn’t believe in my ambitions and in providing me opportunities to implement my learnings within the business by encouraging and guiding me on managing manufacturing teams through to proposing, submitting and leading Capex projects. I always found Paul to be an inspirational leader with excellent people skills who always made time to check on my progress and offer advice if needed. He is also somebody who works with great integrity and has a very broad knowledge of all areas of Business/ Operations Management”

Andrew Johnson - Operations Manager at Emmerson Automation Solutions