Dougal Paver

Name: Dougal Paver

Position: Managing Director

Contact: paver@paversmith.co.uk

Dougal has spent his career in PR consultancy, much of it focused on regeneration-related clients, a key area of expertise.

He undertook a management buyout in December 1997 to establish Paver Downes. A second buyout, of the agency's PR division, followed in June 2006, leading to the establishment of Paver Smith. The agency is now pushing for market leadership in the north west and is growing strongly.

Dougal is a board member of Liverpool's Chamber of Commerce and is a fundraising patron of Claire House Children's Hospice.

A key role at Paver Smith is to drive through the company's innovation agenda and people policies, which so far has encompassed Investors in People, the PRCA's prestigious Consultancy Management Standard, its training academy and now ISO 14001, the environmental management standard.

He lives in Liverpool 8 with his wife Helen, a teacher, their son Rory and daughter Elizabeth. There's also a cat, sundry fishing rods and a mountain bike that rarely sees the light of day.

Interests: Dougal is the co-founder of Liverpool Fly Fishers and is a member of Corwen & District Anglers, which has 18 pristine beats on the Welsh Dee. He enjoys traversing the Pyrenees, football (Everton) and architecture, and is a member of the legendary Everton Moaners' Club. How much he has to moan about depends entirely on what happened last weekend.