BIO

Paul is the chief content officer at LIONS, the group of businesses that includes WARC, Effie, Contagious and the home of Cannes Lions. In 2004, he co-founded Contagious, a marketing innovation resource and consultancy for brands and agencies that became part of the LIONS family in 2023. Previously, he was editor of Shots Magazine and worldwide director of creative resources at Leo Burnett, overseeing the network’s global creative council and creative knowledge hub. He has written for The Guardian and Forbes, delivered a TED Talk viewed more than 1.4 million times, and co-authored The Contagious Commandments (Penguin Business).