Paul Downes
Chief Executive

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Paul Downes, co-founder of Merlin, was formerly Deputy Chief Executive in the UK of Georgeson, the world's largest specialist financial communications group, responsible for its European investor relations operations. Prior to that he was Director of Financial PR at Valin Pollen. He has over 20 years' experience in business communications.

Paul has new issue, privatisation, merger and acquisition experience and has managed mainstream financial communications programmes on behalf of major global corporations, including Man Group, BP, GE, Pitney Bowes, Virgin, Matra-Hachette, Abbey National, Royal Bank of Scotland, Royal Insurance, Manweb and BT. He maintains an active consulting role and in particular focuses on advising clients in the Financial Services, Leisure and Media Sectors, as well as on M&A and fund raising transactions more broadly.