Paul Mustow is an experienced leader and proven engineering and management professional, with extensive experience in major project and programme delivery in both public and private sectors. He has led multi-disciplinary teams and partnerships across complex and diverse organisations - delivering capital programmes focussed on construction, social and economic infrastructure and property, managing organisational change, and translating policy into strategic direction and delivery.  

Over the last 20 years Paul has held several senior Civil Service and public sector client roles on major capital programmes, most recently as Director for Delivery, Performance and Assurance for the New Hospital Programme, in the Department for Health and Social Care – starting this role in January 2024. Prior to this Paul was seconded to the Office of Government Property in the Cabinet Office as a Director and Government Head of the Property Profession.     

Previously Paul was a Divisional Director at the Department for Education as Programme Director for the multi-billion pound Free Schools capital programme, and Deputy Director at the Environment Agency in numerous key roles including head of the Flood Forecasting Centre, and head of the National Capital Management Service.

Paul is a Chartered Civil Engineer, a Government major project reviewer and a graduate of the Major Projects Leadership Academy.