Associate
Criticaleye

Paul  is a non-executive director of Brookwell, a quoted  Guernsey-based investment trust  with investments in 80 small-cap and AIM listed stocks. He is now heavily involved in the QCA in his role as Deputy Chairman particularly in the areas of the role of  the non-executive in today's environment and corporate governance and heads up their non-executive committee. He was recently part of the QCA delegation to the European commission discussing inter alia prospectus, rights issue and exemption limits for smaller quoted companies.

Paul is a Criticaleye Associate and brings to that role years of experience in working on public company  boards in a wide range of activities, strong city connections and a healthy cynical approach to business and regulatory issues.

In his executive life, Paul has over 40 years plc experience across a spectrum of commercial and industrial activities, including international assignments having most recently been on the board with Fuller, Smith & Turner Plc (premium brewing and retailing) from 1991 to 2008. Paul gained his training with Ernst & Young where he worked in London and Paris.

He is a graduate of Cardiff University with a degree in Accounting and Economics and is married with two grown up children. He has recently bought a house near Céret on the French/Spanish border. He is a regularly bad player of tennis and golf.

Our Founders:

Andrew Minton

Charlie Wagstaff

Matthew Blagg

We've all heard the phrase, 'It's lonely at the top'. As chief executives across Criticaleye's Membership tell me, being a leader can be immensely rewarding, but also quite isolating. Who do you turn to when it comes to debating important issues on strategy? And, where can you go for solutions?

Unlike the individuals on the teams you lead, who are more than likely encouraged to share ideas and information, there are few people you can ask for useful and impartial advice. Your staff will expect you to have the answers already and professional advisors are likely to push their own agendas. In addition to this, the immediacy of today's business environment, where advances in technology and communications have intensified the pace of change, has created a world where leaders and directors have to be up-to-date and on-message around the clock.

Criticaleye was created in 2002 with the aim of helping leaders across industry sectors, business functions and geographical locations resolve business issues through peer-to-peer debate and discussion. Our Community works on the premise that business leaders and chief executives  need a safe space to ask questions and discuss solutions without the threat of being held to ransom by employees, stakeholders or the media for not knowing the answer to every problem or challenge that presents itself.

Being part of the Criticaleye Community means a number of things: Access to a managed network of leaders who can offer you fresh perspectives on and solutions to your critical issues. Intimate events on topics that have been generated from within the Community; a dedicated Relationship Manager to monitor your Membership activity and ensure you're getting the most value from it; a seasoned executive or 'Associate' to provide high level advice and ensure you are talking to the right people in the Community. And access to Criticaleye's Insight through an interactive online knowledge portal which is made up of cutting-edge business research, event write-ups, film footage of events and interviews and Community Articles by other Members.

Matthew Blagg, Founder & CEO, Criticaleye