Paul has experience of public and private sector and has worked at various levels of government in the UK and the Middle East, including work in UAE, Qatar and KSA. He has worked at local authority level in the UK, providing ed-tech solutions and network connectivity for schools and representing the authority on the Regional Broadband Consortium. As part of his local authority role Paul has developed and implemented solutions for both new-build and refurbishment projects for schools, and contributed to the specification and selection of an authority-wide learning platform. He has delivered online safety training to parents and staff and has taken part in safeguarding investigations alongside police colleagues. Paul worked for a national UK charity, contributing to the digitisation of the organisations knowledge and processes and using his engineering skills to oversee the refurbishment or several regional offices. He programme managed the development of a new, low energy office building, with many “green” credentials and has several years’ experience of working in the health care sector, including leading and delivery of projects and programmes at national level. Paul regularly speaks at conferences and participates in panel discussions on various topics.