Primary Job Title Chairman Primary Organization Bloc Ventures
Location Zolwia Bloc, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland Regions European Union (EU), Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
Investor Type
Website www.blocventures.com
He was a founding partner and chairman of NewSmith Asset management, a fund manager for a wide range of institutional, pension fund and high net worth investors. Having started his career at the stockbroking firm Kemp Gee he subsequently became senior partner following the merger with Scrimgeour Vickers and Citibank. In 1988 he joined Smith New
court, the leading market making firm on the London Stock Exchange and as CEO, together with chairman Michael Marks merged the business with Merrill Lynch in 1995. At Merrill, Paul held a number of senior positions including head of Global Equities and in 2001 was made EVP and president of Merrill Lynch Global Markets and investment banking, responsible for the firm’s investment banking, debt and equity business worldwide. He left Merrill in 2003 to start NewSmith.
He has served as a non executive director of Benfield plc and Cenkos securities and is currently Chairman of New River Retail plc the leading UK REIT specialising in retail property investment.
Between 2007 and 2013 Paul served two terms as Chairman of the newly created British Horse Racing Authority, responsible for the Governance and Regulation of the country’s second largest sport. He is now Chairman of ROR, the sports main charity, responsible for ensuring that horses are cared for, retrained, and re-homed, after their racing careers are over. He has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Economics from Liverpool University and in 2009 was awarded an Honoury Doctorate of Law from Liverpool University.
