
BE, MEngSci., GAICD, FIEAust
Chair
Paul has over two decades of board experience with expertise in the infrastructure, engineering, healthcare, sport, education and not-for-profit sectors.
At board level, he is passionate about driving growth and performance, having led one of the world’s leading engineering, project delivery, advisory and technical services companies and advising startup companies in the pharmaceutical, health, technology, AI and social investments sectors.
He is currently a Partner at PAN Group, investing in and driving the commercialisation of startups and is a director on the boards of Citywide and Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water Corporation. Paul is also a Member of Council of La Trobe University.
Previously he was the Global CEO of Aurecon, managing 80 offices in 22 countries, leading a three-way merger and managing the subsequent strategy, structure and culture alignment along with the five-year strategic roadmap and overseeing multi-billion-dollar projects.
Paul holds a Master of Engineering Science and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
He has also been recognised by Engineers Australia as one of Australia's 100 most influential engineers (2009–13) and received a Monash University Distinguished Alumni Award in 2019.