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Paul Eccleson

Chair of Trustees


Biography

Paul Eccleson BSc MSc FICA is a Fellow of the International Compliance Association.

In conjunction with the ICA and Manchester Business School, Paul designs and teaches Behavioural Science masterclasses to senior executives around the globe in Governance, Risk, Compliance and Financial Crime prevention.

Paul is also an experienced risk consultant, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer and NED. He is Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee for one of the UK’s largest museum and art gallery groups, National Museums Liverpool.

Paul began his career in manufacturing industry, delivering AI solutions first with Lucas Industries, and latterly within Hewlett-Packard’s Research Laboratories in Palo Alto and Bristol. Whilst at HP Labs, Paul delivered one of the UK’s first electronic commerce sites and won The Sunday Times Award for Innovation in collaboration with the BBC.. Most recently, Paul led the governance and compliance re-generation of Munich Re’s legal expenses insurer, DAS , winning a prestigious behavioural economics “Nudge” award for his work on customer understanding of complex financial products.

Paul is also a Finance Trustee of the Natural Theatre Company, Bath. He lives in Bristol with his wife Gail, and labradoodle Islay. He is a life-long Tranmere Rovers supporter.

It was always stressed that the contacts you make during your training are incredibly important, and your classmates are likely to end up being on set alongside you in the future. After working with a director of photography on one of the School’s short films, I was invited to work on a project with him outside of Bristol - proving that the professionals we meet via the School, may one day give us a call to action! Muir McFadden, Technical Graduate