Words matter. This may seem like a quaint point of view in these post-fact, post-truth times, but nonetheless it’s a position that Paul would defend. For more than twenty years he has been one of the most awarded copywriters in London, creator of one of the UK’s most loved advertising campaigns of all time - Creature Comforts - and has contributed articles to all the major trade publications, including a regular column in Creative Review.

A passionate and lifelong devotee of the arts, Paul is a director of the Marinsky Theatre Trust and has previously sat on the boards of Sadler’s Wells Commission, the Jerwood Foundation and served as advisor to The Photographer’s Gallery. Paul has lived and worked in Italy and across the Middle East appearing regularly as a judge on the most prestigious awards panels. He has also appeared on stage with the legendary ballerina Ulyana Lopatkina (he was holding her coat). Paul takes words seriously but laughs at life.