Paula has extensive directorship experience and currently sits on the Board of a number of prominent organizations in the property sector. Paula is a Commissioner and Non-Executive Board member of The Crown Estate, the £14.3 billion UK real estate business, and a Non-Executive Director of Hyde Housing Association, a leading provider of affordable housing in London and the South East of England. In addition, Paula holds non-executive positions at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc, as well as being a Trustee of Calthorpe Estates. In her executive career, Paula was Corporate Finance and Group Reporting Director at Marks & Spencer Plc, between 2003 and 2005, and an Executive Director and Board member of English Partnerships, the UK government-backed regeneration agency, from 1994 to 2002, Chief Executive from 1999. Paula is a Chartered Accountant (ACA) and is a Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.