COMMUNITY PROFILE

Paul Budge

Former Managing Director Continental Europe

Bunzl plc

In August 2018 Paul Budge stepped-down as Managing Director, Bunzl Continental Europe, based in The Netherlands - a promotion he achieved in April 2016. Paul grew the Continental Europe business area to an annual income of €2bn and €200m operating profit across 49 operating companies in 17 countries. He joined Bunzl in 2001 as a Divisional Managing Director, becoming Managing Director for Bunzl UK & Ireland in May 2009, where he had six MDs reporting to him. Paul gained extensive experience in M&A of varying size, across a number of countries. 

Paul lead the project which saw Bunzl enter China and South East Asia. He is very experienced in post-merger integration. Paul is originally from South Africa, where he qualified as a chartered accountant and worked for Price Waterhouse and then SABMiller, before immigrating to the UK in 1994. Married with two daughters, Paul’s interests include golf, skiing, running and watching most sports.

Bunzl is a FTSE 100 company and leading specialist distribution Group supplying a broad range of non-food consumable products which are essential for its corporate customers to operate their businesses, but which they do not actually sell. Bunzl operates in 30 countries across the Americas, Europe and Australasia with global headquarters in London. Its main customer markets include grocery, foodservice, cleaning and safety, non-food retail and healthcare.