Paul Raftery

B.Ec. (Hons)(Syd), M.Comm (Melb), M.Bus. (Banking) (Mon), M.Bus (Acc) (QUT).

Paul is a business and financial expert.

He is an experienced manager and senior finance executive with skill in business management, finance and accounting for the financial services, resources, power and contracting sectors. He was the Inaugural Chairman of the Audit Advisory Board of the Gold Coast City Council (Jan 2005 – Sept 2011) President of the Finance and Treasury Association (2001-04), Chairman of St Joseph’s Nudgee Junior College (2005-08) and director of several Shell Group companies.

Paul has 25 years’ experience across the banking, resources and energy sectors. He began his career with BA Australia Ltd. He was Executive Manager – Finance and Investment with Thiess and has previously been Group Treasurer of Shell Coal &Power International and Anglo Coal Australia as well as working in other senior finance rolls with the Royal Dutch Shell Group.

Paul was an Executive Director of First Asia Pacific Group providing corporate finance advice in Australia, Indonesia and Singapore on resources and energy projects plus associated infrastructure. He lived in Jakarta on secondment to United Mining Group in Indonesia as President Commissioner. In May 2012 Paul was seconded to Mining Services Leasing Group Limited (MSLG) as its Managing Director.

Since 2018, he is CEO of Projects RH, where he leads the teams In the Corporate Finance services end of the company