Julian Paul FCA is a chartered accountant and ex-merchant banker who has held a number of senior positions with companies in the media and entertainment sector.

He was Deputy Chairman and a founder shareholder of Eagle Rock Entertainment: Eagle Rock, which is now majority-owned by its management following a secondary buy-out in 2007 and which operates in the music and entertainment business. It acquires and creates audio and visual programming rights, both music and factual, and exploits these rights through the release of own-label CDs and DVDs and through the licensing of these rights for TV and other media. Eagle Rock has a production arm which produces live concert programming for distribution for TV, DVD and other media including concerts by Yes, Atomic Kitten and Fat Boy Slim. He was, between 1994 and 1999, a shareholder and director and subsequently a consultant to Sanctuary Group which acted as manager to Iron Maiden amongst other artists. Other current directorships include Cellcast, an AIM quoted digital interactive broadcaster; Pilat Media Global, an AIM quoted broadcasting application software business; and Stagecoach Theatre Arts, an AIM quoted franchisor of performing arts schools. He is also Senior Non-Executive Director of Inspired Gaming Group plc, an AIM quoted provider of gaming machines for the leisure and gaming markets.

Julian.Paul@edge.uk.com