Paul Nichol possesses extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry, currently serving as a Distributed Control System Engineer at Pharmaron since April 2003 and previously holding the position of Senior API Support Chemist at Recipharm from January 2004 to January 2020, where leadership in project implementation and development of efficient project templates was demonstrated. Prior to this, Paul worked as a Control Applications Engineer at Aesica Pharmaceuticals Ltd from 2000 to December 2003, contributing to significant DCS replacement projects and conducting critical testing phases. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Chemistry with Chemical Engineering from Northumbria University, obtained from 1997 to 2001.