📧 paulbedell@me.com 📲 512-968-5663➤ Multicultural Team Leadership | Multimillion-Dollar P&L Management | Growth Strategies➤ Operational Excellence | M&A & Integration | Business Expansion & Market Share Growth➣ Excellence Sphere: As a strategic-thinking C-Suite executive, Paul drives profitable business growth, performance improvement, and sustainable change while balancing shareholder interests with long-term organizational vitality. He displays turnaround and transformational leadership while running large operations, sales, marketing, strategy, and corporate development. Most importantly, Paul creates practical strategies and a shared vision to ensure business success.➣ Inorganic & Organic Growth: Most recently, at Connexus Resource Group (CRG), Paul identified and closed 3 acquisitions. Here, he developed the investment thesis and secured PE backing to fund the company. At Citigroup, Paul expanded the company’s presence in Europe, adding businesses in Denmark and Poland, while acquiring multimillion-dollar credit card and mortgage portfolios.➣ Turnaround & Transformation: At Trellis (formerly TG), Paul led a cultural transformation that improved organizational performance, saved millions, and generated additional revenues. He turned around a start-up software business, championing a business model change to capture new business. Paul reversed 6 years of market share erosion at LandAmerica Financial Group and increased gross premiums by building a revolutionary sales culture and unifying the brand architecture.➣ Operational Excellence: Paul realized efficiencies by working on multiple initiatives simultaneously, driving operational excellence, improving legacy processes, eliminating inefficiencies, and designing smart business plans while modernizing organizational structure and systems.➣ Sales, Marketing, & Branding: Paul spearheaded GE Capital’s first consumer finance venture into SE Asia, overseeing all aspects of marketing, sales, and operations. Furthermore, he triumphed in raising brand awareness of Prudential Hong Kong and grew the business during the financial crisis. Through innovation across sales, marketing, product development, and distribution, Paul grew net premiums of AIG’s accident and health insurance business in Central and Eastern Europe.➣ Paul’s decisive leadership style is empowering; he inspires teams to excel and advocates transparent communication at all levels. Overall, he has been acknowledged for sound decision-making talents borne of thoughtful and balanced analysis, business acuity, and big-picture vision.