Paul Edwards

Global Practice Lead

Boston

Paul Edwards

About

Paul Edwards is the Global Practice Leader at Stax where he oversees the development and execution of firm strategy. Previously, Edwards was a Senior Managing Director where he led the firm’s private equity practice supporting over two hundred processes a year across the private equity investment spectrum.

For more than 18 years, Edwards has led projects at Stax, bringing together a network of resources from various areas of expertise throughout the firm. He supports transactions and growth strategy engagements for the world’s largest private equity firms and their portfolio companies across five continents. Edwards also specializes in providing data-driven analysis to support investment strategies across multiple business sectors including industrial/ manufacturing, agriculture, education, technology, and transportation/ logistics.

Prior to joining Stax, Edwards was a consultant for STS, providing strategic research and industry analysis of the transportation, aviation, homeland security and defense markets on behalf of global corporate clients and government departments across Europe and the U.S.

Edwards is the founder of BtG UK, a global education/cultural consulting company serving more than one million young people. In this role Edwards designed and implemented product development and marketing strategies to engage more than 1,000 high schools and universities across the UK in just 12 months.

Earlier in his career, Edwards held senior leadership positions with the UK Department of Education, StudySmart, Inc. and the National Union of Students (UK) where he chaired the executive committee and oversaw the organization’s financial and strategic management.

A published thought leader in the Journal of Private Equity, Edwards holds an M.B.A. from the European School of Business Management (UK), and a B.S. in Material Science and Industrial Management from the University of Wales (Swansea).

Extracurricular

Paul is a proud and very busy father of three children, as well as a seasoned world traveler having visited over 30 countries. He enjoys golfing in his free time and is constantly trying to improve his game.