Paul Norris

Biography

Paul joined Building Digital UK (BDUK) as Executive Chair in December 2020 and became the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) in April 2021, leading the delivery of digital infrastructure investment for DCMS.

Paul’s background combines private and public sector experience, working for UK Government Investments as SRO for the sale of the Green Investment Bank and for the British Business Bank as SRO for the launch of British Patient Capital. He Chaired the DC Pensions Patient Capital Feasibility Study and served as a non-executive director of several venture capital backed software firms.

Paul spent the first 25 years of his career specialising in telecoms, helping to raise more than £50 billion of investment in fixed, mobile, cable and satellite networks. He was the head of the research division at Lehman Brothers and Nomura, and a member of the firm’s global executive committee running the equity and fixed income divisions.

Paul is a participant in the Government’s Major Projects Leadership Academy run by the University of Oxford.