Dr Paul Hughes
Paul is a leadership and change professional with 30 years of experience across C suite advisory, global consulting and executive education.
His work involves the design and delivery of leadership and change solutions for organisations of all sizes. He's worked with commercial enterprises, not for profit organisations, government bodies and leading business schools. He fuses academic rigour with practical impact, helping organisations unlock potential, deliver transformation and achieve clear results.
Paul has led diverse teams and business functions in Europe, Asia and the Americas. This global experience informs the work he does in supporting organisations through consulting and leadership development.
His core strength is the design and delivery of leadership programmes grounded in behavioural science and clear business understanding. These help his clients face complex challenges in different markets and cultures by aligning leaders, at all levels, around shared priorities.
Paul's approach focuses on creating inclusive environments, where people feel able to think deeply, challenge themselves and each other. He places equal weight on individual insight and organisational follow through, consistently driving commitment to practical performance focused action.
As well as spending 15 years in academia, Paul has spent more than a decade in commercial leadership roles, following his career change from law. That experience shapes how he works today. Paul brings structure, credibility, some humour and a calm centre into meetings where people are under pressure and thinking hard about change, whether in the boardroom, in leadership retreats or at key moments of career transition.