Paul has been Global head of Cyber Operations, Security Threat Intelligence, Insider Threat, and MD of the Cyber Fraud Fusion Centre.
Paul is a founding and serving non-Exec Director of the Cyber Defence Alliance in London and founding member of the Executive Committee of the UK Financial Services Cyber Collaboration Centre.
Paul joined Barclays from the European Cybercrime Centre in The Hague. Paul coordinated joint USA and EU Law Enforcement operations against the globes worst cyber criminals including; advanced criminal hacker groups, darkweb paedophile networks and internet fraudsters.
Paul was also the founding Co-Chair of the European Union Cybercrime Task Force. Paul is one of only 400 recipients of the Scott medal, An Garda Siochana.
Paul was awarded a Fellowship of the Irish Computer Society in 2021 for a lifetime contribution to Cyber Security.
Paul received a Lifetime Achievement Award from UCD for his services to Cyber in 2012 and more recently awarded the prestigious UCD Alumni Award for his outstanding overall contribution to Science in 2024.