Paul grew up in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He’s a serial entrepreneur having started up multiple successful companies over a 30-year span. At 19, he co-founded Coastal Communications with his father which he sold in 1996. He then founded the marketing firm, Arrivals+Departures (formally “Extreme Group”), now one of Canada’s largest independent marketing agencies with offices in Toronto and Halifax which he sold in 2021. Paul also co-founded other ventures like Karma Gaming, behuman clothing, Iconic Brewing and is a shareholder in VistaCare Communications.  In 2017, he purchased Charlottetown Metal Products. After doubling CMP’s revenue and profits in just under two years, in January 2019 Paul sold CMP to Food Process Solutions. He recently invested in Verge Technologies of Halifax, Advatek Systems of Moncton, SilverbackVR of Dartmouth and most recently McCarthy’s Roofing.

Paul is a member of YPO. He is a recipient of the Top 40 Under 40 Award in Canada and has been awarded Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young. He’s in the Top 50 CEO’s Hall of Fame and has been named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most influential Marketers. He is also a Mentor at the Wallace McCain Institute and Creative Destruction Labs.