Paul was a financial services tax partner in KPMG for more than 25 years and was Global Head of Financial Services Tax for KPMG. He is a former Chairman of the Irish Funds Industry Association and the IFSC Funds Working Group established by the Department of the Taoiseach. He is currently Chairman of AEGON Ireland PLC and holds a number of other non-executive directorships including Coronation Capital Ltd, Epoch Investments Fund PLC and Blackrock’s suite of Irish ETF Funds. He was appointed to the EU Arbitration Panel on transfer pricing by the Irish Government. Paul is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and holds a business studies degree from Trinity College Dublinand a Diploma in Corporate Financial Management from Harvard Business School. Paul is an Irish resident.