Paul is a Dutch Chartered Accountant (RA), Director International Affairs at NBA Amsterdam (Dutch Professional Organization for Accountants) since 2007, involved in IFAC PAODC, member of the Steering Group of Common Content (harmonizing European Accountancy Education) and lecturer Financial Auditing & Assurance for postgraduate accountancy education at VU University Amsterdam. For Sustainability Reporting and Integrated Reporting, the capacity at NBA includes providing facilities for discussion platforms and best practice development, both for reporting and assurance. NBA participates in (inter)national working relationships with IIRC (Business Network), FEE, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, CSR-Netherlands, IUCN and True Price and the Community of Practice for IR-education in close collaboration with large audit firms, public sector, oversight, sustainability sector and the IAASB-Working Group.  Paul served furthermore in international and national capacities as quality control inspector (for auditing practice and accountancy education), lecturer and consultant in the field of audit and quality control.