Business Development Executive at Liz Hobbs Group
Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Business Development Executive at Liz Hobbs Group
- Owner at Addiction Busters
- Past
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- Consultant at The Music Industry
- Owner at Outlaw Artists Ltd
- Education
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- Brunel University
- Drayton Manor Grammar School
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Paul King’s Summary
Paul has studied NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), and acquired Diplomas in personal and corporate coaching, working directly under Sir John Whitmore, .
Paul holds an honours degree in nuclear chemistry
He entered the music business in 1975 following 3 years of organising all the social events at Brunel University, whilst simultaneously studying for his degree.
Paul holds the record at Wembley Arena for the longest simultaneous run of concerts by any artist. Dire Straits played 14 nights, the first of which was performed in front of HRH the Princess of Wales and HRH Prince Charles in aid of The Princes Trust.
He was the first promoter to organise a live music show at Hampden Park, Scotland’s National Stadium. It featured Genesis and was in aid of The Save The Children Fund and was attended by The Princess Royal.
Artists and bands managed by Paul sold over 32 million records during the period of his direction
In 1986 Paul cycled from John O’Groats to Lands End in 15 days raising £20,000 for the Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy Charity.
In 1990 he co-promoted ‘Knebworth’ featuring Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Dire Straits and Genesis raising a further £6 Million for the same charity.
His skills at enabling record labels and artists to communicate with each other are legendary.
Paul King’s Specialties:
Paul's experience of dealing extensively and sympathetically with a number of high profile artists and executives coupled with his recent training enable him to provide immense empathy and understanding when dealing with highly delicate personal issues.Noted for his sense of humour and straightforward manner, working in the personal development industry was an almost obvious progression.
Paul King’s Experience
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Business Development Executive
Liz Hobbs Group
(Events Services industry)
September 2008 — Present (11 months)
Spearheading major stadium concerts in the UK
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Owner
Addiction Busters
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Human Resources industry)
September 2006 — Present (2 years 11 months)
Helping individuals get rid of unwanted behaviours permanently by recognising that Addiction is a choice.
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Consultant
The Music Industry
(Music industry)
January 1990 — August 2006 (16 years 8 months)
Providing management and concert logistics consultancy services to major record labels and music publishing companies both in the UK & USA. Also assisted in the development of streaming technology allowing moble phone users to access music video over GPRS.
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Owner
Outlaw Artists Ltd
(Music industry)
1978 — 1990 (12 years)
Concert Promotion and Artist Management representing: Dire Straits, Level 42, Sade, The Stranglers, Teardrop Explodes, Tears For Fears and many others.
Paul King’s Education
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Brunel University
B. Tech (Hons) , Applied Chemistry , 1970 — 1975
- Activities and Societies:
- I was the Social Chairman from 1972-1975. Hopefully some of you will remember The Kinks, Fairport Convention, Genesis (with Peter Gabriel & Steve Hackett), Humble Pie and all the other great bands from that period.
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Drayton Manor Grammar School
1962 — 1970
Additional Information
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Paul King’s Interests:
Personal Development, Mountain Biking, Road Biking, Kayaking and of course Music
Paul King’s Groups:
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Official Brunel University Alumni -
Music and Entertainment Professionals -
London Connected: the digital music network for London
Paul King’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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