As Chief Executive of AIF, Paul is responsible for leading the UK’s leading festival representative body. AIF’s 65-member festivals have a combined capacity of over 785,000, contributing more than £200m to the UK economy annually.
Paul manages day-to-day operations alongside implementing strategic development and growth, also overseeing partnerships, events, communications, media appearances and membership development.
In addition, Paul implements hugely impactful AIF campaigns, including the ‘Drastic on Plastic’ campaign which saw all AIF members commit to completely eliminating single use plastic from their sites in a three-year time period and the ‘Take your tent home / Say no to single use’ public facing campaign in 2019.
With over 15 years of experience in the field, Paul has an extensive background in the live music industry having started as an independent gig promoter alongside working at festivals such as Secret Garden Party.
Paul was previously Head of Operations at classical music centre The Conservatoire and Operations Manager at The Event Umbrella, managing the office and events team for a specialist event company contracted to produce all festivals and events across the London Borough of Ealing, the third largest Borough in London.