Scientist and inventor
Paul grew up in the North East steel town of Consett. He studied Chemistry, at first at Durham University, then for a PhD in Nottingham.
He joined Imperial Chemical Industries in the late 1980’s in new product development (R&D).
He has worked for ICI, AstraZeneca, Fujifilm and other companies as a researcher, manager and director. He is inventor on approximately 100 patents and other publications and his interests are in materials for specialty electronics and consumer electronics, and for the past 10 years, new antibacterial and antiviral materials.
He now runs his own business doing contract R&D developing new products and helping clients bring them market as well as bringing on the next generation of scientists and product developers.