Managing Director
Paul began his career within practice for a niche firm of Chartered Accountants based in Stockport. He specialised in added value type work for the firm’s client base. For the final year he managed the roll out of a nationwide franchise on behalf of a large multinational company. Paul became an ACCA qualified accountant in 2002.
Most recently Paul was part of the Just Search Limited board which grew the company from a loss making business in 2005 to a sale in 2007 of circa £14m. He is also a former board member of Getupdated Internet Marketing, a company listed on the Nasdaq OMX First North Premier in Sweden. This was a turnaround project with the company posting EBITDA losses of £2.3m at the start of the project in 2009, before posting EBITDA of 650k for the quarter at the time of Paul’s resignation from the post in Q1 2013. Paul continues to be a board member also of Just Search Europe, managing offices in Manchester, Rome, Dublin, Milan and Paris.
In 2009 Paul went alone with the launch of the ‘Sedulo Group’ an accountancy firm with subsidiaries based in Manchester and the Sharp Project. The company now consists of in excess of 20 employees in accounts, corporate finance, tax and financial services. On top of this, the Sedulo Group also owns investments in circa 7 companies from online and fashion industries.
Pauls’ entrepreneurial, hands on approach to his work enables him to advise on many areas of business, namely; Sales strategies, Human Resource strategies, Marketing & PR campaigns, Operational Processes, Financial Management, Growth strategies, Funding and Corporate Finance transactions.
Paul is also a proud patron of Once Upon A Smile – a charity dedicated to providing respite services to families where a family member is suffering with terminal illness.
In his spare time, Paul is a keen sportsman, he enjoys spending time with his son, reading and travelling.
10 questions about me…
If I was stranded on a desert island, the one thing I’d take with me is…
I wouldn’t want my family stranded with me… so it would have to be my iPhone!
The one person (dead or alive) I’d like to meet is…
Richard Branson
According to everyone in the office, my celebrity look-alike is…
I’ve been likened to a cross between Justin Timberlake and Derek Zoolander
When I was younger, I wanted to be…
Former England Captain, Bryan Robson
My guilty pleasure is…
Reality TV – Celebrity Love Island…Big Brother…TOWIE…I’m sorry but its true!
The best holiday I’ve ever been on is…
I love Vegas and LA…also had many great trips to Marbella
The holiday destination I’d most like to go to is…
I’d love to go back to Thailand…and Hawaii for somewhere I haven’t been
If I was Prime Minister for the day, the one law I’d introduce is…
Controversial but I would bring back capital punishment for those who deserve it
The person with the worst taste in music in our office is…
Lee Jones! He still listens to dance tracks that he should have grown out of a long time ago!
An unusual fact about me is…
I have a slight case of OCD. To the point that if I ever buy Lego for my son, I end up building it myself to make sure it’s done!
