Having previously served both as CEO of a tech scale-up, Tink Labs, and as CEO of a major UK and Ireland media network, Havas Media Group, Paul’s experience makes him uniquely suited to deliver the CvE promise of helping international brands grow through a smarter, honest, data-driven approach to digital. Paul is challenging the traditional AdTech service model, partnering with brands like HMD-Nokia and Go Compare that are looking for a more agile, flexible model to drive growth.
At the outset of the pandemic, Paul launched the #TimeForAReset podcast, interviewing marketing leaders on how they are adapting. As founding MAD//Fest host, he engages vendors, marketers and agencies through insightful conversations, placing ad tech & data at the centre. He’s a self-labeled feminist, leading from the front to create more physical and psychological safety for woman in AdTech and beyond, through the #yesallmen campaign. Recently, he was shortlisted in 40OverForty.
The Evening Standard newspaper in London included Paul in their ‘Progress 1000 Brand Builders 2016’ while The Drum voted him the ‘5th Most Influential Person in UK Digital’. Paul was also honoured to accept Twitter’s ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’. An active advisor and investor in the start-up community, Paul is also an influencer on LinkedIn and Twitter. He is an advocate for diversity and inclusion, Paul is an advisor for Women in Marketing and was named one of Management Today’s ’30 Male Agents of Change.’ When not working or speaking at industry events, Paul focusses on family life and his five children. He is an honors graduate of The University of Southampton.