Paul has over 20 years’ consulting experience, initially with Accenture as a Strategy Consultant and most recently with his own companies, Systeme Ouvert Solutions and Inextrinsic.  Whilst at Accenture Paul worked within the Telecoms and Media practice advising clients such as BT, Verizon, AT&T, Alcatel and the BBC. He specialised in business planning, market sizing & evaluation and strategy formulation.

Paul set up his own company, Systeme Ouvert, as a niche software engineering firm servicing clients such as Credit Suisse, Nokia and Balfour Beatty.  Latterly, it has focused on nurturing  and advising start-ups, with Paul delivering coaching and mentoring to the start-up founders.  Through his other company, Inexstrinsic, a specialist HR Consulting firm, Paul has broad experience of working with some of the top, professional organisations including Deloitte, Oliver Wyman, Linklaters and EY.

With this breadth of experience Paul is perfectly positioned to help Mandarin Consulting candidates become successful professionals in their chosen career paths.  Paul graduated from the University of Manchester with a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry and holds an MBA from the Cass Business School in London.  Outside of the corporate world, Paul is a qualified Athletics Coach helping junior athletes to achieve their potential.