Paul Bassi CBE DL D.UNIV DSC

Non-Executive Chairman of Bond Wolfe, which he co-founded in 1983 and Chief Executive of publicly quoted, Real Estate Investors Plc. and Non-Executive Chairman of Likewise Plc. Paul served as President of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and was formerly the Regional Chairman to Coutts Bank (West Midlands) and former Director of the Birmingham Hippodrome.

He was appointed High Sheriff for the County of West Midlands for 2009, received Honorary Doctorates from both Birmingham City and Aston University, and was awarded a CBE in the 2010 New Year’s Honours List in recognition for his services to business and to the community in the West Midlands. Later in 2010, Paul was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the Midlands Finance Insider Awards and in 2018, was named Ambassador of the Year at the Birmingham Business Desk Awards.

In 2016, Paul founded the Sandwell Valley School, providing education and training programmes for vulnerable young people.