Paul, a Chartered Surveyor, served as Deputy Group CEO of LSL Property Services PLC until 2010, having been part of the management buyout in 2004, and subsequently as a non-executive director of LSL until 2012. He was also Chair of the Residential Board for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors until 2011.

Paul was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of The Property Franchise Group PLC in December 2013 and served as Chair of its Remuneration Committee until being appointed Chair of the Board in May 2022.