OC19: 42 Years of Corporate Man and Boy, is it Time to make the Tea and What Comes Next, with Paul Wooley

As a global corporate leader, Paul Woolley travelled the world opening, growing, merging and sometimes closing businesses. From a $3m Revenue single-site operation base in 1994 through to a 21 entity $600m Revenue business by the time he stepped back from his Global President and COO role some 12+ months ago. When Paul and Omnicom decided it was the right time for him to step away from over 25 years of corporate life he spent some time evaluating how he could craft new roles. He now partners with owners and leaders of a diverse set of organisations helping them to understand the issues and opportunities facing their businesses. His current roles include: -Founding Partner & Chair of BAAA! (Hong Kong) -Vice-Chair, Board Member and Investor: Promotional Payments Solutions (PSS) -Management Consultant and advisor to the CEO of the Pimento network -Investor with Rockpool Venture Capital -Accredited Mediator: CEDR -Chair and Board member CPM Switzerland -Retained as Mentor and Special advisor to the CEO and CFO of Smyle -Retained as Special Advisor to the Chair and CEO of Prolific North -Vice-Chair of Altrincham Junior Football Club (largest Junior Football Club in NW England with 49 x U18 girl/boys teams) -Retained as one of the Lead Mentors by Be the Business - Mentoring for Growth Programme in collaboration with The Growth Company (90 day emergency turnarounds and 12 month growth programme) Tune in to hear Paul talk about the transition; the importance of objective self-knowledge; building a foundation with strong personal values; the surprising things he has learned and how, if you want to create a better world, you can't just sit at home and make the tea