Paul has been Chief Executive of E.ON UK since 2002, having joined the company in 1998.

He is a Top Executive Committee member of E.ON UK’s parent group, E.ON AG.

After training as a mechanical engineer, he held a series of management appointments with Dunlop and BTR before becoming an executive director of Clayhithe plc in 1992.

He is Co-Chairman of the Energy Research Partnership and is a non executive director of AEA Technology plc.

He has a doctorate in Mechanical Engineering and is a fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, and the Energy Institute.

Paul is married with three grown-up children and lives near Stratford-upon-Avon. He is a keen equestrian.