Paul Whybrow

Paul Whybrow | SMPTE Regional Governor

Paul Whybrow is a passionate creative leader who has made award winning impacts in the fields of production, technology and creative innovation during his 40-year career in Australia and the UK.

His active involvement with SMPTE has included his 5 years as Chair for SMPTE OCEANIA, leading the board which delivered three groundbreaking METexpo industry community conferences and trade shows.

Paul is very proud of the focus on inclusion in the make-up of the OCEANIA board. When he started as chair it was 100% male, and 5 years later it is now 50% male and female with a greater diversity of age, industry experience and geography.

As a voluntary organisation SMPTE has strived to deliver on it’s goal of Connecting and empowering all in broadcast, streaming and media tech. This includes the creation of industry standards, education and building community.

He is now representing the Asia Pacific region on the global board of Governors at SMPTE with a desire to innovate, support and expand the positive impact of SMPTE in the region for education, members and industry transformation.

Currently he is Managing Director of Varda Creative Leadership where he is coaching, sharing his expertise, and nurturing skills through his writing and commissioned activities.

He is a published writer, whose latest project is based on how to plan for life and career success. Something he believes can be achieved in only 10 minutes a day or 1 hour a week!

Paul is a Leadership Professional Credential Assessor for Deakin University in Melbourne, as well as a writer and presenter for leadership, marketing and broadcasting courses.

His broadcasting career started at the BBC in the UK as a radio studio manager and children’s TV producer. In Australia he was a promotions producer for the Seven Network, built online video for Fairfax Publishing and led interactive television for Foxtel.

He rounded out his career with time at Cognizant, Capgemini and Tech Mahindra as business and technology leader.