Paul McComb is the Director of UK Exports at the Department for International Trade (DIT).
Paul was responsible for setting up the department in 2016. He followed this by a 4-year tour in Hong Kong as Director General for Trade and Investment.
Prior to working on trade, Paul was the Principal Private Secretary to Right Honourable Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (DWP), where he helped to deliver the biggest reform of the Welfare State in 60 years.
He served on the Delivery Board of Jobcentre Plus for 4 years. He led an organisation of 25,000 people paying out £50 billion in welfare benefits to 4 million customers, headed up the planning and performance function and led the organisational design and transformation programme.