Paul was appointed as a Commissioner in March 2024.

Paul is a highly regarded financial services professional with over 35 years of international experience, principally in the areas of fiduciary and administration and insolvency.  He retired from his role as a senior executive of the Butterfield Group in October 2023 having worked for the firm for over 25 years, including 17 years as Managing Director of the Bank’s Guernsey trust company and the last for years in the role of Deputy Group Head of Trust.   In his roles with Butterfield, Paul was a regular speaker and Chair of international conferences focussing on the Private Client sector.

Paul has actively supported the growth and development of the Finance Sector in Guernsey and has been a Committee member and Chair of the local STEP Branch, the Guernsey Association of Trustees and, most recently, as Chair of the Guernsey International Business Association (“GIBA”).  He has also acted as a Non-States Member of the Public Accounts Committee of the States of Guernsey and is presently a member of the Financial Scrutiny Panel of the Scrutiny Management Committee.

Before arriving in Guernsey in 1998, Paul worked for KPMG, initially in Brisbane, and spent 10 years with the firm in Australia, London and Hong Kong, mostly working in the area of insolvency and restructuring, including corporate turnaround.  Paul is currently a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, and a member of both STEP and the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment.