Paul is B2B and Indirect Sales Director at Eurostar Group. Eurostar is the high-speed rail company connecting 5 key Northern European markets, transporting 19m business and leisure customers per year. There is a clear ambition to grow to 30m by 2030 with sustainability and modal shift as a key objective, through route enhancement and connections to rail and air.

Paul joined Eurostar in 2019 and has delivered a new sales and distribution strategy that became the foundations for the Eurostar Group as part of the merger between Thalys and Eurostar. As part of the new Eurostar Group implementation in 2023, Paul brought together the Eurostar and Thalys sales teams into a single new organisation supporting over 300 distribution partners as well as moving to them to the new inventory system and implementing the new Eurostar brand through their channels.

Prior to Eurostar, Paul has a background in FMCG sales and marketing with Unilever, Mars and Energizer where he was passionate about brand and customer propositions. More recently Paul has held senior Commercial management positions in Travel Retail with Heathrow express, Heathrow Airport and Travelex where strong commercial performance and change management was his key focus.

Paul is passionate about team performance both professionally and through rugby, having coached, mentored, refereed, and played for over 30yrs. In addition, Paul loves to embrace a culturally diverse approach to the business world, having lived in UK, France, Switzerland and Russia and travelled extensively across Australasia, Asia, Middle East and Americas.