Paul founded and leads Temple and has spent more than two decades helping private equity funds and corporates make better-informed decisions for proposed or current direct investments. Paul has led over 150 engagements spanning Australasia, North America, Europe and Southern Asia, amongst others.

Paul’s expertise is in developing insights into markets (e.g. market size, structure and participant conduct) and how specific companies or proposed offerings perform relative to others in their market. Company-level expertise extends to leading operational diagnostics to identify and quantify opportunities to increase returns to capital for investors (e.g. cost reduction, pricing, working capital reduction and asset utilisation). He specialises in providing these insights in complex and often data-poor environments using a range of micro-economic models, data sources and tools. 

Previously, Paul worked with global strategy consulting company McKinsey & Company and Partners in Performance serving clients in Australasia, Asia, USA and Europe across multiple industry sectors.

Paul was born and educated in New Zealand  and holds a PhD and a BE (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering. 

Paul is a recognised thought leader in climate change mitigation, an active climate change advocate and is Co-founding Trustee and Chair of The All Aboard Transport Decarbonisation Trust and The 1point5 Project.

Andrew provides best-in-class corporate finance and modelling expertise, developed over his 12 years (1995–2007) as a Senior Equities Analyst and Principal of Goldman Sachs JBWere. During his tenure at Goldman Sachs JBWere Andrew was voted 2007 INFINZ Research Analyst of the year.

Andrew supports decision making by developing valuation models aligned to market and operational value drivers that can be used to inform investment decisions and quantify operational opportunities. In addition Andrew develops deal-structure models that support negotiations for value sharing arrangements e.g. joint ventures. 

Prior to his tenure with Goldman Sachs JBWere he was a member of the start-up team at Clear Communications, held treasury and group accountant roles at Aurora Group and was a Senior Auditor for PriceWaterhouse. Andrew has a Bachelor of Commerce (University of Auckland, 1984).

Natalie supports the team and clients by ensuring that clients have the right presentations and documentation at the right time.

Natalie has extensive experience serving clients in the financial and telecommunications industries, including Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, ABN AMRO, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Close Brothers, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, The OECD, UBS, and The Boston Consulting Group.