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Paul Roy

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Smart Money Rating: 75 out of 100

Non Executive Chairman, Bloc Ventures

Firm
Bloc Ventures
Title
Non Executive Chairman
Role
Board director
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Record updated 21 September 2026

About

Paul has over 40 years’ experience in the Banking, Brokerage and Asset Management industries. Having started his career at the stockbroking firm Kemp Gee he subsequently became Senior Partner following the merger with Scrimgeour Vickers and Citibank. In 1988, he joined Smith New Court as CEO, and merged the business with Merrill Lynch in 1995 after which he became EVP and President of Merrill Lynch Global Markets and Investment banking. He left Merrill in 2003 to found NewSmith Capital Partners, subsequently acquired by Man Group in 2015. He is former Chairman of New River Retail plc and Sky Bet. He is currently serving as a non-executive director of S4 Capital, a new age/new era digital multi-national advertising and marketing services company. He is also senior advisor to Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Japan’s largest fiduciary and asset management company. He has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Economics and an Honorary Doctorate of Law from Liverpool University.

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