I worked with Paul on a complex migration project on which he headed up governance and project managed all workstreams.  Paul used his strong industry knowledge to keep governance meetings on track and showed strong stakeholder management throughout.

I’d highly recommend Paul for both his project management skills and industry knowledge.

Paul has been supportive in his role as an NED. Time spent with him on our regular meetings allows us to strategize and allows me to think of things from different perspectives

I worked with Paul on a recent Fund Administrator migration project. Paul was the lead PM.

He has a great motivational management style and kept communication throughout the project to the right balance of as much as needed without over-communicating.

He kept all the business area leads on track and made sure we delivered the project on time. I’d happily work with Paul again.

Having worked for the best part of a year with Paul, on a challenging Middle and Back Office project, I can confidently recommend him for his thoroughness, client care, collegiate approach and professionalism at all times.

It was a pleasure to work with Paul and not only do I recommend him as an excellent Programme Manager but I can also say I thoroughly enjoyed working with him!

I still feel lucky to be mentored and supported [by Paul] in my career empowerment journey

Paul is an excellent speaker with a great background in consulting

Paul is very thorough in preparing for each occasion in which he interacts with speakers and audiences, and he’s extremely skilled at creating cohesion between multiple discussion participants.

Paul is extremely knowledgeable and a pleasure to work with. He managed difficult cross departmental projects and always delivered above and beyond what was required and on time. Very impressive presenter to the boards and senior management and directors. He will be missed!!!

Paul was responsible for pur remediation project for Regulatory reporting not only did he have a wealth of knowledge in this space but also provided structure and organisation due to his excellent project skills. He was an absolute pleasure to work with and I would recommend him to anyone.

Paul is a one of the best project manager I have been working with. He’s empathetic, determined to reach the outcome and very prepared. A pleasure to work with!

Paul and I worked together closely to manage Vanguard’s CSDR requirements. I was always impressed with Paul’s ability to organize and present complex data in a digestible manner. Paul was acutely sensitive to business pressures and very ably stepped in to aid with proof of concept activities. Paul had a very composed and polite manner when holding stakeholders accountable. I enjoyed working with Paul and I feel I have learnt from his style and delivery.

I first starting speaking with Paul after posting on a Project Management forum during the early stages of my first contract. Paul reached out to me and has since been a great mentor/guide and someone for me to chew the fat with.  Paul is extremely knowledgeable, personable and genuine. I would thoroughly recommend working with Paul. 

Paul is a mentor of mine, and I value his support and advice immensely. Besides the great connection and rapport Paul seeked to establish from the beginning of our interaction, he is genuinely interested in providing added value to our Mentor – Mentee relationship.  Paul is sharing his knowledge and tales from his experience generously, and that helps me see the world differently. He keeps me accountable in a gentle way, and that helps me focus where I need to.  Paul is an invaluable growth partner, and one of the most supportive people I know.

Paul is very helpful and willing to give genuine advice to young professionals struggling at their careers. With his immense industry experience, I can better visualise my future learning plan and gain insights about workplace’s best practices. Thank you very much!

Paul is a highly talented mentor. Through the CMI mentoring scheme Paul has helped me in make crucial decisions about the direction of my professional and academic career.  I would highly recommend him to any young professional debating post graduate education, entering the field of consultancy or working with start ups.

Paul has been a guest speaker in business courses and the feedback from students has been always excellent. He knows how to engage them, attract their attention and provide them with real life examples based on his experience that help them link theory with practice. It is always a pleasure to collaborate with him due to his high standards of professionalism and very friendly personality!

Paul and I worked at Insight Investment on delivering MiFID II. I found him very methodical and thorough with a keen eye on detail in his approach to Project Management. He is calm and collected and was key in delivering the project on time and meeting the business expectations set by Insight. He is approachable, helpful and encouraging as a manager and as a colleague. I look forward to working with him again.

During our time working together, I found Paul to be a well organized, diligent, and thorough project manager. He was great at keeping the overall team up to date on the progress of work underway, navigating the organization and providing clear direction on what his teams were working on.  It was a pleasure working with Paul and I would enjoy working with him again.

I have worked with Paul on the CMI’s London and Southeast Board. Paul has been an excellent Chair and oversees the extensive work of the Board effectively. He is very approachable and has fostered transparency and openness within the Board.

Paul have managed a transfer agency move for UBS this year and have been the key to a successful tansition! We will never thank you enough for what you done for us. You have been a diligent thoughfull project manager we need another project so you can come back asap.

I have known Paul for several years in his capacity as a judge of the CMI Management Book of the Year competition where chaired a number of category panels, including ‘Commuter Read’ in 2014 and ‘Management Future’ in 2015 – which he did with characteristic tack, insight and firmness. It was a pleasure to work with him and I have no hesitation in recommending Paul highly.

Paul is a highly competent PM consultant who can absorb business concepts and manage complex projects. His wealth of project management expertise contributed to make a great difference on the project we worked together at Threadneedle Investments. It has been a pleasure to work with Paul.

I worked with Paul at RPMI and he is ,one of if not, the most organsed people I have worked with, clearly results driven, methodical and excellent communication skills.  The quality of work he delivered was excellent and he managed, with many moving cogs and third parties, to ensure the projects responsible were successful.  He was a pleasure to work with and I would have no hesitation in working with or recruiting Paul in future roles.

Paul provided great project management support to RPMI Railpen during a period of transformational change at the company spanning 2014 and 2015. Paul worked on a number of different projects and his organisational skills were excellent. He maintained clear, central control over all project streams, managed these proactively and built strong relationships with business representatives and external parties across many disciplines and locations. He actively sought work and always kept control of all tasks, anticipating and managing challenges successfully accompanied by clear, regular communication of progress.

During our time at Threadneedle I found Paul to be a well organized, diligent, and thorough project manager. He is adept at keeping track of numerous complexities, and is very good at making clear what all members of his teams should be working on, throughout the project lifecycle.  It was a pleasure to work with Paul. A manager who gets results, and really pulls everything together.

Paul is a fastidious, action oriented project manager who is adept at getting his arms around tricky problems and managing them through to their conclusion. He is simultaneously effective and personable, and adds a welcome delivery focus to his project team.

Paul was a senior Project Manager for a part of an outsourcing project at Hermes.  His expert knowledge allowed him to monitor and oversee a number of projects ensuring they were delivered on time and to a high standard. Paul’s management style ensured that the teams reporting to him operated smoothly and efficiently whilst maintaining their focus on the business priorities.

Paul has made a great contribution to our team. He has built strong relationships throughout the business, and leveraged these well. He has done an excellent job of building, maintaining and running a complex project plan in support of a £2m technology deliverable

I enjoyed working with Paul because he is an industrious, organised, and unemotional project manager and efficiently overcame obstacles. I would be very happy to work with him again.

I found Paul to be a very organised and efficient project manager who was well liked by everyone who worked for him.

Paul managed a systems delivery project at the FSA; it was a complex set of work streams with many dependencies and interactions with two major third party outsourcers. Despite the complexities and the technical challenges Paul delivered to time and budget and over and above spec. He has the knack of delivering predictably, because he leaves no detail uncovered or addressed. He managed a chllenging set of individuals very very well and got the best from them. An excellent PM, whom I would re employ without hesitation.

Paul is one of the most organised/professional Project Manager’s I have had the pleasure to work with. His interpersonal skills especially with the Business community were especially strong, and his decision making spot on!

Paul is an excellent leader and organiser ; he successfully delivered numerous projects for me, in each case building and keeping the entire team focused on the strategic vision and achieving objectives. He is intelligent, insightful and extremely hard-working. He has excellent communication and team building skills and would be an asset to any organization

Paul is a highly effective project manager. He is very organised, efficient and able to get an understanding of new information quickly. As a manager, Paul is very supportive and easy to talk to.

Paul was a tremendous partner when he worked for MFT providing support to J.P. Morgan for our Transfer Agency/Registry business. I always found that he offered innovative solutions to difficult problems and was always willing to help out in a crisis situation – no matter what time of day or night it was that I called him.

We worked with Paul as a supplier to a complicated transition project for a major business transition program. Paul displayed top class management skills both at the technical and interpersonal skill level. His integrity, honesty, and execution abilities are second to none, as is his problem solving ability. Needless to say his communication skills are excellent. We would recommend Paul as a Project Manager and would happily work with him again.

Paul Taylor was very supportive of our team to clear road blocks and bottlenecks so as to ensure a seamless delivery of projects. Paul’s insight into projects risks register and timely action on mitigating those were highly commended by our team as a service provider

I have worked with Paul for several years – at all times he was the complete IT professional with excellent leadership qualities; his business expertise won him respect from both his colleagues who would seek advice and assistance from him and from his business clients who would trust his opinion. I would be happy to resommend Paul to any who is looking for a dedicated professional.

Paul’s work etchic is second to none and his capability to quickly grasp and put in place highly complex projects provides just one key note for a major recommednation. Not only does he provide for an all-rounder when it comes to management, but provides for key delivery when the crunch in on – it’s a pleasure to work with him!