Welcome to my personal Web site. I’m a CEO, Chair, Executive, Advisor and Mentor who loves to influence and connect likeminded people. I also like to host networking events and parties. With the odd exception, my speaking gigs are now restricted to hot countries.
Portfolio
- Segala, Founder / CEO
- Wubud, Founder / CEO
- BIMA (British Interactive Media Association), Chair
- Jaipur Restaurants, Partner
- Newspepper.com, Non-executive Director
- 3 Dynamics, Mentor to the CEO
- Quick TV, Advisor
- Net.works, Founder
Blogs I scribble on
Third-person bio
In September 2008, Paul and his team raised £160k in Angel funding from Paul Birch, Co-founder of Bebo, for what will be a return to his entrepreneurial roots, as Founder of Wubud - a social networking application for mobile.
Paul founded Segala in 2003. It is now the industry’s most revered provider of and authority on content classification & Web standards compliance certification.
As an advisor, Paul has 10 years of international experience within the Telecommunications Industry - having worked with companies such as Vodafone, O2, Orange, CMG and ADC Metrica to name but a few.
He is an advisor to the British Council, helping them to build and improve the digital pioneer programme with Hong Kong. He is also advising them on a 3 year creative-entrepreneurial-related project with India.
In May 2006, Paul was honoured to be elected Chair of the British Interactive Media Association (BIMA), the only independent industry association dedicated to celebrating and supporting the use of creativity in digital technology. He was re-elected in 2007 and 2008 and was the BIMA Awards Chair in 2007.
It all began in the early ‘90s when Paul became one of the first employees of AOL in Europe, looking after all technical accounts across the region. During his time with the company, he was responsible for the International Beta Coordination for the UK & Sweden.
Paul is currently an advisor to both Quick.tv and Newspepper (also taking position as Non-executive Director to the latter and mentor to the founder), as well as mentor to the CEO of 3 Dynamics, a Hong Kong based games company. More recently, Paul founded Net.works, a London based networking events company.
Just in case there weren’t enough strings to his bow, Paul is also a partner in Jaipur, a group of award winning, Michelin-rated restaurants in Dublin.
Paul is quoted regularly in national newspapers such as the FT and trade press, on subjects such as StartUps, PR & Marketing, Internet & Mobile Trends and Social Media. He continues to give talks, but they’re now restricted to hot countries, for obvious reasons.
