Paul is the CEO of the Global Identity Foundation. He was formerly the global Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of AstraZeneca, and prior to that the global CISO of ICI and global CISO with Motorola Cellular Infrastructure.

He was awarded the first “Chief Security Officer of the Year” as well as "Best Security Implementation" at the SC Magazine Awards and is twice listed as one of Network World's “most powerful people in networking”. He is a director of the Cloud Security Alliance (Europe), co-founded the Jericho Forum and on the advisory boards of a number of global tech companies.