Paul founded and leads Temple and has spent more than two decades helping private equity funds and corporates make better-informed decisions for proposed or current direct investments. Paul has led over 150 engagements spanning Australasia, North America, Europe and Southern Asia, amongst others.Paul’s expertise is in developing insights into markets (e.g. market size, structure and participant conduct) and how specific companies or proposed offerings perform relative to others in their market. Company-level expertise extends to leading operational diagnostics to identify and quantify opportunities to increase returns to capital for investors (e.g. cost reduction, pricing, working capital reduction and asset utilisation). He specialises in providing these insights in complex and often data-poor envrionments using a range of micro-eoconomic models, data sources and tools. Previously, Paul worked with global strategy consulting company McKinsey & Company and Partners in Performance serving clients in Australasia, Asia, USA and Europe across multiple industry sectors.Paul was born and educated in New Zealand and holds a PhD and a BE (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering. Paul is a recognised thought leader in climate change mitigation, an active climate change advocate and is Co-founding Trustee and Chair of The All Aboard Transport Decarbonisation Trust and The 1point5 Project.