Paul is a Chartered Surveyor. Until 2014, he sat on the Residential Board for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors of which he was Chair until 2011. Paul served as Deputy Group CEO of LSL Property Services plc until 2010 having been part of the management buyout in 2004, which ultimately saw the business successfully list on the London Stock Exchange in 2006. During this period Paul was managing director of a number of the LSL Group’s subsidiary businesses including e.surv Chartered Surveyors and also sat on a number of external company boards and trade bodies. Subsequently Paul served as a Non-Executive Director of LSL until 2012. Paul was appointed as an Independent non-executive director of The Property Franchise Group PLC’s Board and Chair of its Remuneration Committee in December 2013.