Paul Viner

Paul is a Chartered Accountant, having worked predominantly in the leisure sector. He was previously Finance Director at Tottenham Hotspur Plc. Paul subsequently moved to Riva Gaming Group, where he was involved in both an MBI and later an MBO. He then spent several years in the property sector before being appointed CFO of Giraffe Concepts Limited in March 2009. Paul was a key part of the management team that sold Giraffe to Tesco Plc for £50 million. Paul left Giraffe in late 2014 to set up his own business, Intelligent Goat Limited, which, amongst other services, provides mentoring advice for Finance Directors and CEOs. He was also CEO of Feng Sushi, leaving in 2017 after its sale and is currently the global CFO of Xstrahl, a life sciences and medical systems business. Paul’s experience as a Non-Executive Director extends to positions in the arts, culture and bingo sectors.

Paul became a member of the Board in July 2015; he is an Independent Director in which capacity he Chair the Audit Committee.

In addition whilst the the Board recruits a new Senior Independent Non-Executive Director, he is also the temporary Chair of the Risk and ESG committee and a temporary member of the Nominations and Remuneration Committee.