After graduating Paul spent 5 years at Eskom in the engineering field and then moved into the financial services industry, firstly working for Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank's interest rate productions division for 2 years and then joining the asset management industry in 1999. After 5years at RMB Asset Management, Paul moved to the newly formed Momentum Alternative Investments where he managed numerous hedge funds and specialised segregated mandates. Paul joined Fairtree in 2013 and is responsible for managing the Proton Fund, as well as setting the investment strategy for the credit team.

The portfolio will apart from assets in liquid form, invest solely in the participatory interests of the Fairtree Global Flexible Income Plus Fund, incorporated in Ireland. The underlying portfolio invests primarily in debt and debt-related securities but may also invest in global currencies, global equity and equity related securities, collective investment schemes and make use of financial derivative instruments for efficient portfolio management purposes. To the extent that the assets in the portfolio are exposed to exchange rate risk, the manager may enter into financial transactions for the exclusive purpose of hedging such exchange rate risk subject to the conditions and limits as stipulated by the Act.