Paul Devlin Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Australia

Joined as a consultant, elected to Equity Partner in 2019. Accountable for co-design and co-delivery of high value impact projects & programs within BCG & in major corporates in Australia, NZ and Asia-Pacific.IMPACT WITHIN FIRM• Drove 3x increase in BCG Australia’s revenue from digital products and services over three years, by deploying them to help my base of financial institutional clients improve their customer offering• Member of global leadership team for BCG's Change Management suite of products • Head of People and Affiliation for BCG Australia's Financial Institutions (FI) business segmentIMPACT FOR CLIENTS AND IN INDUSTRY (selected examples)• 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 - Key member of team on BCG’s 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 from 2017-19. Pitched, piloted & then achieved >A$𝟏𝐁 in cost savings, improved margins and turnaround time for customers of a major Australasian bank• 𝘊𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵– Assisted an 𝐍𝐙 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤 grow market share and profitability, by leading activities to re-allocate capital, attract talent, digitise processes, dramatically improve customer focus & simplify the structure. Moved from #𝟐 to #𝟏 in business banking segment within 3 years. • 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 – Designed and deployed training programs helped upskilled 10,000s of individuals, helping them learn new ways of serving customers and collaborating with colleagues.• 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩- Drove revenues >𝐔𝐒$𝟏𝐁 in 24 months as part of the 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝, partnering with investors and leadership from development of investment proposal to partner negotiation through to commercial launch• 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 – Developed a full potential turnaround plan period for an infrastructure asset generating >𝐀$𝟏𝟎𝟎𝐦 𝐄𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐃𝐀 owned by one of the 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝’𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬.

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Archer Capital is one of Australia’s leading private equity firms, with over $3bn in funds under management. In 2011, Archer was recognised by Preqin as one of the world’s top firms for generating strong investor returns across multiple funds. RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN TEAM• Evaluated and helped execute buyout and growth equity investments and divestments• Contributed to varying aspects of the deal process including: industry, business and accounting due diligence; valuation assessment and analyses; investment thesis development• Co-ordinated many aspects of the fundraising process for Archer Capital Fund V, managing the data room, responding to LP queries, modelling impact on fund returns of in-flight transactionsIMPACT FOR INVESTORS AND STAKEHOLDERS (selected examples)• 𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵: 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐥 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭– A$610m divestment of Rebel Group to Super Retail Group. Assisted in all aspects of the transaction, evaluating offers, negotiating SPA terms, working with advisors on tax effective deal structuring, assisting CFO of Rebel with activities related to the transaction closing• 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘰: 𝐢𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐚 – Worked with the management team to evaluate strategic options, liaising between the Board and executives to identify, size and plan growth initiatives. Modelled valuation implications of turnaround/growth plan in context of divestment to a global pharma company (worth A$700m)

San Francisco Bay Area

Internship with a late stage venture capital / private equity firm with more than $1bn under management. Based in California, USA.

Based in Melbourne, AustraliaTelstra is Australia's leading telecommunications and information services company. ROLE: Analyst within the function responsible for the Telstra Group's Corporate Strategy and M&A, during a period that covered the rollout of 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐆, the launch of the 𝐢𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝟑𝐆 and the tender process for the 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 (𝐍𝐁𝐍)SELECTED EXPERIENCES:• 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭: Led international team designing a plan to turnaround overseas assets. Developed and presented a proposal to the board of a Telstra subsidiary, winning approval for capex spend of 𝐔𝐒$𝟐𝟎𝐦.• 𝘕𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: Assisted in the evaluation of the strategic impact implications of Australian government’s restructure of the telecommunications market (NBN), including development of financial assessment model to support CEO and Board evaluation of response options.• 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴: Produced the first study on commercial impact of iPhone and iPhone 3G on data revenues for Telstra, drawing on results from the largest repository of network usage patterns in Australia.

Mba

Hi Tech Club, Venture capital club

Bachelor Of Engineering - (Bai), Computer Engineering

• Awarded University Gold Medal on graduation • Received first class honours degree • Specialised in computer engineering and artificial.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Applied Mathematics

Additional undergraduate arts degree earned during my engineering studies, conferred with my Bachelor of Computer Engineering (BAI).