A former Managing Director of MediaCom Paul started his career in London but has spent the last 20 years building media businesses in the West Midlands. He launched the Midlands office of UM and most recently set up the Birmingham office of MediaCom, the UK’s largest media agency.

Paul started his career as a TV buyer and has always been a keen observer of the relationship consumers have with their screens. He has guided numerous advertisers through the changing screen landscape from the evolution of multi-channel TV and social media platforms to newly enabled mobile, programmatic and addressable services.

A former President of the Birmingham Publicity Association, he now works with a variety of businesses and organisations looking to accelerate their growth in the sector. He is Chairman of Birmingham based creative agency One Black Bear and a Non-Executive Director to Stratford-upon-Avon based media group Oxidise, which includes media agency tmwi and programmatic specialist Audience Store.

In addition to being a member of our Executive Board Paul also chairs our Communications Advisory Group and is a member of our Governance Group. Paul also sits on the West Midlands Creative Industries Advisory Group and the West Midlands Creative Scale Up Programme Advisory Group. Paul is committed to helping the region’s creative industry grow.