We first met Paul through Simon Arrowsmith, whose words were ‘darling, I have the perfect person for us, here at just add water. He’s going to be brilliant!’ .. and he was.. Paul was the perfect just add water colleague. Humorous, gifted, ironic, always cheerful with clients, and yet down to earth and knowledgeable about the context, the client and what needed to get done. He touched so many lives and people in so many ways in the very short time he was with us – and I say short because I neve

Paul. Since meeting on the MSc at Henley Business School you were a confidante, firm friend, leadership and development peer, collaborative colleague and always supportive. I’m so sad to find all my pictures of you are the ones I’m taking the photo because you were there beside me for many life changes. I miss you. You gave so much to life and living. The picture is just one of our impromptu moments. The video of you and Simon singing carols at the Ivy is priceless. Thank you x

Shelter Island - 2012 - doing what you did so well . Drinking cocktails and getting up to Mischief - and all in the middle of the day ! I didn’t love this photo of me and think I might have had words with you for posting it but, oh my, what I wouldn’t give now to have the opportunity to take one more pic with you Paulie , one more laugh and one more hug. I miss your nonsense messages and I miss you. A special man and I am lucky to have known you. We say RIP to the VIP . Fly high Paulie. Xx

The Conrad Hotel Years in the late 90’s. A bond and friendship that will never be forgotten. An incredible human - love you PRC x x x Monique, Mark and Ava

Thank you for all the wonderful memories, one of a kind, a truly beautiful soul. You will be missed forever ???? ????????♥️

simply beautiful jem x

You always added something special to the party!

Absolutely no drinking involved whatsoever !! A great night out celebrating Paul moving to his dream job at British Airways, we couldn't have been more delighted for him... thank you so much for being in our lives, you will live in our hearts forever xxx

How much fun we had, whilst doing such amazing work! Such a talented passionate wonderful person, we loved having you as a colleague and have honoured to be your friend. Taken from the us far too soon ... remembering so many many lovely memories and great laughs xxx

This is one of my favourite photos of me and the boys. Tomorrow is the start of the years ahead that we have to live without Paul. But I know all of our love will be wrapped around you Lancey, and Paul’s family.

Thank you Paul for treating me to breakfast at Elephant Grounds in my first week in Hong Kong and for treating me to champagne a year later when I was made redundant. Thank you for sharing your compassion, your network, and your passion about the causes you cared most about. I promise I will pay it forward. Rest in peace, but make sure you continue to share your cheeky humour that will be much missed by all who knew you.

Paulie, we started at BBG on the same day, you in HK, me in London. From the word go I knew we were going to get on - that naughty glint in your eye was all I needed to know that we’d cause mischief. Little did I know that we would also share a penchant for jacket potatoes (cheese then beans), negronis and selling sunsets. I miss our daily WhatsApp chats, especially you letting me know every Monday how the week was looking, given you were 8 hours ahead of me. I just can’t believe you’re gone. Xx

Paulie. You and I somehow managed to be in the same part of the world at the same time. Maybe it was fate, although more than likely a BA delay or cancellation! I will always cherish the times we spent together enjoying a cocktail or two around the world! I will miss our chats and our “love?” for the worlds favourite airline. Mostly I will just miss you. I’m up in that sky a lot, and I’ll think of you, knowing that you’re there somewhere, looking after us all. Thank you Paulie. For being you.

These are the moments to keep in our hearts forever: happy smiles and good times. This is how we will remember you Paul. ❤️

Tomorrow we say farewell to the love of my life but the two of us should be looking forward to going back to this beautiful place. Life can be cruel and unfair but I can say Paul and I lived it like there was no tomorrow. Be more Paulie ❤️

The slight inconvenience sitting at HSBC Premier lounge, WAITING to open up a bank account in HK. This one really made us smile... We will always treasure our memories of you. Love, D&B xx

Paul - you were one of a kind - a wicked sense of humour, infectious laugh and almost continuous eye rolling! But the biggest thing we will miss was your kindness - always going out of your way to help others. We both wish that we had been able to spend more time with you & Lance in HK - one year of brunches, junk trips and spontaneous drinks at Staunton's wasn't enough. You lived life to the full & we will forever live with the motto of 'What would Paul do?' - write a strongly worded letter! xx

Paul - you were a force of nature and a wonderful friend. We feel enormously grateful to have had you and Lance in our lives. We miss you and that infectious laugh xxx Nick and Kirti xxx

Paul, we only met 2018 in Hongkong but it felt like we had known us forever. You were a great friend and we loved our hikes around the island. You enriched our lives and we feel fortunate to have many great memories. Your warm smile has left this world but you will always have a spot in our hearts. We miss you tons.

Paul I cant believe we first met in 1995 at Manchester it seems such a long time ago I guess it is. I always admired your love of life, strength and that you knew yourself. I loved we reconnected in later years and our lives were so similar we had made mutual friends independant of Manchester and similar lives both living overseas. I will miss our catch ups and sad I wasn't able to see you last time you were in Singapore. You always made me laugh and I loved your cheek. I will miss you. Mark x

Paul, you were a special part of our lives and an amazing friend from the moment you and Lance got together all those years ago. Such great times spent together as well as countless messages of support and the genuinely deep care you showed. This is a scene that repeated so many times over the years and how i will always remember you - your company never failed to put the biggest smile on Maria’s face. You leave a hole in so many lives that can never be filled. Love you always.

I meet Paul 23 years ago through work although it was friendship and comradely that grew as a result. He went on to do so much more with his career including coaching and I remember welcoming probing questions and he was never afraid to ask the difficult questions. Equally I can remember the frivolous travel banter with him when he was crewing with BA! His presence in my life and untimely passing underscores how precious each day is on this planet. Thank you for being a friend Paul! T x

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I loved meeting you Paulie for the first time when you had just moved to HK. I knew you were a PLU and we’d be friends. Such great memories Paulie you have left me with. Fun times always when we got together. You alway brought the sass to the party!!! Love this photo after our dinner at Amber - good times babes!! Kazz

Our dear friend Paul, you were an incredible and generous friend, who always had time to stay in touch no matter where you were in the world. We will miss cooking up mischief with you.

Lovely memory from “hot dogs on the roof” in Copenhagen may 24 th 2015 Paul had just been running Copenhagen Marathon, that he actually won!!! - as we recall it❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

We will miss you Paul and will remember forever the friendship and fun you gave us. Life in the Sprint office in Trafalgar Square was always a hoot with you around, and you were always ready for a sneaky Gin and Tonic at the Rockwell bar. Our love to Lance and all Paul's family and friends.

Hey Paulie. Thanks for being such a good friend, mentor and always being there for me. Thanks for listening to me crying in the middle of the night and supporting me mentally. Thanks for sharing your life story with me. Thanks for making me laugh with all your silly jokes and reels you shared. I’m so blessed to have had you in my life. Miss you a lot DP. You’ll always be remembered. ❤️

Paul was the perfect combination of kind and cheeky and his life the perfect combination of fun, adventure and family. We have all recently learnt that his legacy is huge and I can only say we should all “Be more Paul”. Miss you lovely boy xxx

Cheers to you Paulie! I am so grateful that our work relationship moved quickly to a friendship and a shared appreciation of Eurovision, figs and pure silliness. I will always think of you when I am having yet another ‘one for the road’ and I will never forget your perpetual fun and kindness or those amazing hugs you gave. You’ll be greatly missed xx Dawn

Anyone who was lucky enough to enjoy a “lunch with Paulie” will appreciate this shot of Lesley and myself post lunch. Lunch at the Corinthia Photo creds Paulie Tube station somewhere The best of times ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Paul, I will miss your cheeky sense of humour, your exasperated eye-rolls at my millennial hang-ups, your commitment to classic danish furniture (and quest to root out fakes!), but most of all your warmth, kindness and friendship. You were taken far too early, but we will never forget you. Lots of love xx

We enjoyed very much the contact we had in connection with your trips to Denmark where you attended the Summer School here. We all appreciated your kindness, sense of humour and the interest you took in our beautiful country. With love from Kirsten, Ida, Anne Kirstine and Hans

We miss you, our social butterfly, confidante, and the only audience to my first world problems. We should have had more pictures taken together but as you know I am better suited behind the camera to capture all your candid moments. We were looking forward to many more years of misadventures with you and Lance. Not in a million years would I have thought you were the first to go in our peer group, but such is life, will just have to catch up on the other side. Lots of love xxxx

“Hello Dear” (Our usual greeting to each other) Having looked back at our messages over the years and I’ve come to the conclusion our friendship was based firmly on inappropriate humour, airline trivia, innuendos (far too rude to share), Eurovision, Danish Vs British royalty, oh and of course selfies at work and play. You would hate all this attention, and I can almost hear you saying “Stop now dear” So in essence what I’m trying to say is, I miss you and will continue to do so.. xx

My wonderful friend and 'partner in crime' on so many amazing nights out and weekends away. You may not have had the longest innings but wow, what an innings - full of 4s and 6s and excitement. I feel blessed, honoured and privileged to have been there to witness it and enjoy much of it with you. I miss you so much but we will catch up again buddy and definitely have some fun nights out wherever you are. In the meantime take care Paulie xxx

Paul is very understanding he do a lots of things to me that others employer cannot do to helper.Paul treat me like a sister and member of the family he said that to me.The sweetness, kindness and generosity it's come to his personality.I missed from him when I wake up in a morning when I open my phone I have message from him that he said good morning Josie did you slept well.And if he work in home every time he ask me if I'm ok,He is very nice guy.Paul you will stay in my heart forever.

Remembering so many happy times together. Your lovely wry smile, your effervescent sense of humour, and your passion for our community are just three of the special things about you that we will love for ever.

You always did tend to peak too early. We'll look after Lance for you now. But we know we'll fail to supplant you. The impossibility of replacing the irreplaceable...

The fact that you were the only person I ever met in a work environment where the relationships crossed over into mine and Annie's personal lives for nearly 20 years says so much about the joyous, charismatic guy you were. That the relationship grew to include Ruth, helping her get a work experience position 15 years ago just empahsises what a great friend you were to us. I'm so glad we got to hang out with you in HK. With much love Mike, Annie and Ruth.

We started creating happy memories together when you and Lance moved to 22. There are so many of them. I have a few pictures to document some of them; the rest are only engraved in my own mind. This picture is from when we were "supporting" Lance and Jon's Tour de Mont Blanc ride from our local pub. So sad that memories are all we have now, but so grateful for every one of them! I will miss you always x

My lovely Paulie. I'll never forget the first time we met, when we bonded over champagne and my cheap gold sandals. Thank you for being such an amazing friend, and for the laughs, and the support, and for understanding "yeah, but how does that make you feel..." . We were privileged to know you and will miss you terribly.

Paul came into my life when things were hard and made them better. He was a confidant and I felt safe telling him anything. This picture was at a Coldplay gig. It was a particularly hard and low day beforehand, he turned it around with his magic. The words of ‘everglow’ are now his. I adored him. Thank you for being my friend PRC.

Our dearest friend Paul, thank you for all the wonderful memories, laughs and friendship we have had with you and Lance over the years in HK… for that we are truly grateful ???? you have been the most wonderful friend to us, your incredible support and kindness, especially these past 2 years with Lucy… i don’t think I ever got to tell you just how much it meant ???? we miss you every day. Rest now beautiful ❤️

Thank you for being a good uncle and godfather to the girls. They love you and will miss you, and they'll treasure their memories of their fun uncle time. I love this picture of you with Brenda, where you are clearly, as always, a much better son-in-law than I am a daughter-in-law. Thank you for all the smiles and the encouragement.

Our last visit by Paul - lovely walk along the river and good lunch - just two weeks before he was taken away from our all. Bless you, we will miss you forever. Rest in peace

Brotherly love

Brotherly love…

If I had known this photo would capture the last time I got to hug you, I would never have left Hong Kong. Our friendship was destined to be and my life has been enriched and blessed by your presence in it. Kind, compassionate, warm, funny and loving, Paul you are an incredible human being. They say friends are the family you choose and you have been my friend and my family. I love you dearly my beautiful friend and you will be in my thoughts always. Vale Paulie.

Thank you Paulie for making our Christmas parties the best. Thank you for your dedication to having fun. Thank you for your kindness and your wit. Not sure what we are going to do without you but we will hold the memories close. And Lance close too of course. Love you. xxxx

My dear Paulie - there are literally so many beautiful memories and photos of our 23 year friendship….however this picture taken at Salines Beach Ibiza means so much to me. You were the one who convinced me to come to Ibiza when I was so scared to and now I call it my home. You will always be in my heart and always be here in Ibiza with me. Fly high my darling. Your 212 xxxx

Paulie was like an uncle to me. He felt like my second father, I looked up to him and and felt safe around him. He brought me greta joy throughout my life and made my childhood memories better. Love you and miss you Paulie x

The calm before the storm. Our first Thanksgiving in New York. Paulie arrived with Lancey and proceeded to set the oven on fire and burn a tea towel. All his own work. He then proceeded to compare my much loved mother-in-law to Pat Butcher. Never a dull moment! Incorrigible and Irreplaceable.

Sleep well my darling, thank you for everything. Love you always. Miss you forever XXXX

I miss the regular WhatsApps asking how I am. I miss the gossip. I miss the laughs. In particular his acerbic wit, often at the expense of my dodgy watch purchases. Taken far too early - but not forgotten. RIP x

Darling Paulie, It is easy to to put in words what you mean to the ones I love best. Brother and best friend to my darling Ian. The best Uncle Pia and Finn could ever wish for. Godfather to one of them .. although which one exactly?? ???????? To me …. Family, of course but so much more. A fabulous friend... a partner in crime.. a huge part of my life. It goes without saying that life will not be the same without you. I miss your belly laugh and the mischievous glint in your eye. Love you forever ❤️

This is from our yoga retreat - everyone else there was on detox diets but we were on the G&T diet! The look of disgust from others as you ran down to the pool with these made us laugh so much! Love you always xx

You gorgeous man. One of the most generous, silly, and smart humans. We’re so glad to have had you in our lives. Here’s a photo flashback to the early 90s in Manchester - a pre-night out pic. Loved that you were objectively a questionable dancer who more than made up for that with your love of dance music. It’s still so strange to think that we won’t be getting together for a martini (with Lance telling us, “it’s just vodka/gin!”) We love you xxx

A truly special, remarkable friend for 30 years and the best Godfather to Freddie for all of his 17 years. We are so lucky to have had you in our lives and we will all miss you very much, Paulie. We love you and we will let that love spill over on to Lance and all the family. No-one but you and I will ever laugh so much over “God, I need a cigarette!”

You were the best brother and friend anyone could wish for….. I’ll miss you everyday Bruv xxx

Every morning I look for a message from you. My darling Paul, my rock of a friend, I am so grateful that as we hugged goodbye for the last time on the ski slope, that I said ‘I love you’. I will miss you for the rest of my days, but feel so lucky to have had you in my life.

You were always the life and soul of the party and will always be a VVVIP

Miss you so much my darling but we had 20 amazing years and I am very thankful for all that we did together and will never forget you xx

I have too many photos that I want to share. Too many memories to mention. Too many anecdotes to recall. Too many of his special noises to use everyday with my son. When I think of Paul - that’s the problem… Too many good things. But now I realise there were not enough. May he be at peace. I will miss you dear friend. Kate x

Paul, my dear work husband, I miss you today and will miss you every day. I hope that the person upstairs is playing one of your favourite songs “Everything is Awesome” because you my friend, was everything that was awesome.

From the minute you got me home when I forgot where I lived until the time you “sparkled” in the Folie . Through years of friendship, many laughs , much kindness and memories that will last forever. Love you always . I promise to try to live my life the Paulie way xxx

We will never forget your kind heart and free spirit.

Paul, your friendship and generosity of spirit will be forever in our hearts. Leo and I are so grateful for so many happy memories together.

Miss you so much every day my darling Paulie