Paul is the General Manager Commercial – New Zealand and Pacific at McConnell Dowell Limited.
Prior to joining McConnell Dowell, Paul held national commercial roles at Dominion Constructors, Fletcher Construction, Leighs, Hawkins and Mainzeal. He has over 35 years’ experience in the construction industry with more than half of that time spent in New Zealand. He is also a director of Construction Information Limited (Masterspec).
Paul is a Chartered and Registered Quantity Surveyor, holds an Honours Degree in Law from the Open University, a Graduate Diploma in Law from Auckland University and is a graduate of the EY Darden Business School Executive Management Programme. He is a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Quantity Surveyors and a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the New Zealand Institute of Building and the Institute of Directors. He is also an Associate member of both the Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Paul has represented companies in mediation and participated as both a claimant and defendant in adjudication, arbitration, and litigation. He has been appointed to provided expert evidence in adjudication, arbitration and litigation proceedings, including on a matter before the New Zealand Court of Appeal.
In addition to being the Treasurer of the Society of Construction Law, Paul currently sits on the NZIA / RMBA Joint Contracts Committee and was a member of the Standards New Zealand NZS3910:2023 review committee.