St Albans, England, United Kingdom
Paul Robinson brings over 30 years of experience in data, intelligence, and the commodities sector. Since establishing Rule of 40 Ltd Paul has supported multiple founders, buyside and sellside investors across the commodities, energy, shipping, beverage and airline B2B data & intelligence space. Before establishing Rule of 40 Ltd, Paul held senior roles at CRU, where he focused on driving enterprise value, developing talent, and engaging with clients and stakeholders. He also served on the leadership team of Nordic Energy in Finland, an integrated power generation, wholesale, and trading business.
Since establisihing Rule of 40 Ltd Paul has supported multiple founders, buyside and sellside investors across the commodities, energy, shipping, beverage and airline B2B data & intelligence space.
Working closely with AME’s owner and leadership team to support the company’s growth and geographic reach, while bolstering team support for their clients in Europe and the Americas. AME is the research and consulting partner of choice for leading mining, metals, and energy companies across Asia.
Exawatt brings together experts in technology, market analysis and forecasting to provide strategic consulting and research for the solar PV, electric vehicle, power electronics and lithium-ion battery markets. Exawatt's proprietary forecast models combine detailed market analysis with technical understanding in all facets of the value chain, from materials supply and manufacturing to downstream project development. This approach allows us to make accurate forecasts about where, when and how new and evolving technologies will influence the development of each market.
Focused on increasing the enterprise value of CRU. Establishment of first dedicated Corporate Business Development Team at CRU. Responsibility for creation and execution of CRU's M&A and active engagement with the PE and wider investment community. Recent acquisitions include Exawatt, SPA (2023) and BC Insight, APA (2024)
In his Executive role Paul works across the businesses to develop CRU's talent, to actively engage with CRU's clients and other senior industry stakeholders and to drive enterprise value. Paul's responsibilities include - A member of CRU's Executive Team, reporting to the CEO - Execution of company M&A, business development strategy - Active stakeholder engagement with clients, PE, partners and the wider investment community - Fiduciary director responsibility for a number of CRU's overseas operating companies - Member of CRU's price reporting and global risk committees - A regular conference chair and speaker at global mining events - Development, negotiation and delivery of the CRU-Fitch Ratings strategic partnership Previous responsibilities - Management, commercialisation and recruitment of CRU's in-house Economics team. - Management, commercialisation and delivery of cross-commodity insight and analysis - Establishment of CRU's Compliance Team - Establishment of CRU's Information & Knowledge Management Team - Director of CRU Consulting - PM responsibility for delivering a number of nascent data and delivery platforms at CRU
Group Manager with responsibility for CRU's non-ferrous team supplying business information and consultancy services across the aluminium, base metals and precious metals value chain A global client base including stakeholders from the mining, refining, raw material supply, consumer, government, investment and trading community. Frequent conferences and press speaker.