Paul Baines Executive Chairman, Hawkpoint

Paul was appointed an executive director of the Company on 22 December 2006. Paul is Executive Chairman of Hawkpoint. After qualifying as a solicitor with Freshfields he joined Antony Gibbs & Sons Limited, a UK merchant bank. In 1984 he joined Charterhouse Bank, where he became a director in 1988. In 1993 he became a member of the management committee of its corporate finance business, latterly becoming its Chief Executive. He joined Hawkpoint in 2000 and was appointed Chief Executive and Managing Partner in October 2003. He was appointed Executive Chairman from October 2009.