Speakers

Paul has extensive experience in the defence and security sectors both from the practitioner’s perspective and at the highest strategic level including policy-making within government and the private sector. He is a counter terrorism, threat evaluation and risk mitigation expert.

In his role as Director SCEG, he has garnered a comprehensive understanding of the security and risk management industry and is uniquely placed to act as a conduit for business and exporters seeking support and access into complex environments. He will facilitate impartial and commercially sensitive market entry solutions for businesses to evaluate.

His military career culminated as Director Counter Terrorism and UK operations, where he was responsible for global threat evaluation and UK contingency operations and crisis management. He commanded 4th Armoured Brigade (the Black Rats) in southern Iraq and 1PARA on 3 high profile operations including Kosovo and Sierra Leone. He was awarded the DSO and QCVS whilst in command of 1PARA, and an MBE for his work on counter terrorism.