Paul Butcher

Paul is the Chief Executive Officer at LRQA. Based in Birmingham, UK, Paul has over 30 years of leadership experience working for global professional services businesses. After graduating from Southampton University, Paul held a number of leadership roles in the assurance, IT services and telecoms sectors, including positions with SAI Global, Marconi, Ericsson and Damovo.

Paul sets the strategy at LRQA, building and monitoring commercially-focused teams which deliver growth. He is passionate about the role LRQA plays in helping customers improve safety and increase the performance of critical infrastructures and supply chain operations worldwide. Above all, Paul is committed to ensuring the customer is central to everything LRQA does, from delivering excellent day-to-day service levels to the development of innovative online technology which provides an improved customer experience.

Diploma from the Australian Institute of Company Directors 2003

Member of Institute Of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales 1989

Bachelor of Science (Politics and International Studies), Southampton University, UK 1982 – 1985