BEcon Qld, LLB Qld, MBA S.Qld, MURP Qld, ProfCertArb Adel, MPIA, FAICD
Paul is a non-executive director and consultant. A practising Solicitor, he is also a qualified Urban Planner.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors, and lectures in Governance in Master’s level courses.
He has held Board positions with and consulted to public and private sector transport and infrastructure related corporations. Appointments have included Cross River Rail Delivery Authority (which he chaired); Energy Queensland Ltd; Powerlink; and Airservices Australia. He has also served as a Director of the Central Highlands Development Corporation and as a member of the Advisory Board of Queensland privately owned airline Skytrans Pty Ltd. He is currently a board member of the Southwest Hospital and Health Service and the Council of the University of the Sunshine Coast
Passionate about Indigenous matters, he is an Independent Director of the PKKP Aboriginal Corporation in the Pilbara, Western Australia. He has previously served as an Independent Director of the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health - one of Australia’s largest Indigenous-controlled multi-disciplinary health services and Kokatha Aboriginal Corporation a Native Tile Corporation - in remote South Australia covering areas including Olympic Dam and Woomera. His work on native title boards has focused on real economic development opportunities for First Australians and fostering mutually productive and respectful relationships
He is a consultant with a national law firm and a qualified urban planner. He lectures at a postgraduate level in Strategic Metropolitan and Transport and Infrastructure Planning. He also has a Cert IV in Workplace Training and Assessment.
He conducts training in / for many parts of South-East and South-West Asia, Africa and the Pacific in his capacity as a Governance, Infrastructure and Public Policy Consultant principally for and on behalf of Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade programs. He is State President of the Australian Institute of International Affairs.
He was Deputy Premier for 4 years and a Minister in the Queensland State Government for 11 years. His Ministerial responsibilities included Infrastructure and Planning; Transport and Main Roads; Local Government; Energy; Health; and Attorney-General.
As Minister for Infrastructure and Planning he was involved in the sponsorship and development of numerous major projects including the Curtis Island State Development Area which facilitated the development of the Queensland LNG industry.
