Before joining the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust as CEO in January 2019, Paul worked in the UK Office of The Wildlife Trusts, where he led on national policy issues such as farming, climate change, planning, water and landscape scale conservation, and also on national strategic relationships with businesses and key funders.

Paul has also worked for the Wildlife Trusts in the East of England as Regional Policy Director, and with Norfolk County Council and a small environmental education charity. He is a member of the East Midlands Mayor’s Nature and Biodiversity Taskforce and is a long standing Member of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management.