Welcome to my personal Web site. I’m a CEO, 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
- Angels Den, Head of Digital / Advisor
- Jaipur Restaurants, Partner
- Newspepper.com, Non-executive Director
- Net.works, Founder
Third-person bio
In 2003, Paul founded Segala, the industry’s most revered provider of and authority on content classification & Web standards compliance certification. It generated £1.6m in year one and was profitable within month.
Paul has 12 years of international experience as an advisor within the Digital Industry - having worked with companies such as Vodafone, O2, Orange, CMG, ADC Metrica and Eqos.
Paul was one of the first to join AOL in the mid-’90s where he became one of the first employees. Looking after all technical accounts across the region, Paul was a core member of the new technologies team and was responsible for the International Beta Coordination for the UK & Sweden.
From 2007 – 2008 Paul was an advisor to the British Council, helping to build and improve a digital pioneer program with Hong Kong and a 3 year entrepreneurial related project with India. Over the past few years Paul was a non-Executive Director at Newspepper.com, Advisor to Quick.TV and a mentor to the CEO of 3 Dynamics, a Hong Kong based games company. In May 2006, Paul was elected Chair of the British Interactive Media Association (BIMA), the longest established association for the digital industry. He was re-elected in 2007 and 2008.
Paul is also Senior Advisor for Angels Den, Europe’s most successful angel network, as Head of Digital – where he is responsible for the strategy and rollout of the brand across the digital industry. In addition, he provides due diligence advisory to the board on all deal flow in this space.
Paul is 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 & Entrepreneurial related topics, Internet & Mobile Trends and Social Media. He continues to give talks, but they’re now restricted to hot countries, for obvious reasons.
