About

Paul is the founder and CEO of Heritage Innovation. He has a rich experience of working internationally across a wide spectrum of heritage organisations, delivering a diverse range of cultural heritage projects and services. 

Expertise

• Cultural heritage management, conservation, archaeology and museums
• Governance, leadership and business development for heritage organisations
• Public engagement and heritage interpretation
• Specialist knowledge of urban archaeology and industrial heritage
• Leadership of large multi-disciplinary teams and complex projects

Experience

• Several years' leadership in for-profit consultancies, delivering international cultural heritage projects and public interpretation programmes
• More than ten years as CEO of a UK not-for-profit cultural heritage organisation providing services to public and private sector clients
• Over ten years leading a profitable commercial heritage/archaeology team within one of the UK’s leading independent museums
• A decade managing archaeological collections and monuments in a World Heritage Site, leading multi-agency heritage-led conservation and research projects
• More than twenty years' experience as non-executive director for a diverse range of heritage organisations and visitor attractions — and wide-ranging service on public and professional committees
• Extensive university teaching and mentoring experience, including delivering international collaborative research projects
• Author of seven books and over 70 peer-reviewed academic and professional publications

Paul is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) and a full Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (MCIfA). He holds a PhD from the University of York, and a BSc and MA from the University of Sheffield.

More information about Paul can be found on LinkedIn.