Paul Wright is the Group ESG Director at PDS Limited. He leads the Ethical & Social Compliance, Sustainability, and Innovation functions globally for the PDS group across all of its subsidiaries.

He and his team ensure that the Business Units within the PDS Group, the factories with which they work, and their suppliers actively support the Group and its Customers' Policies, Code of Conduct, and defined standards of Ethical & Social Compliance and Sustainability.

Paul brings with him over 40 years of experience in the fields of Retail and Manufacturing. He started his career in garment manufacturing in the U.K. as an apprentice engineer, before moving into Production and Quality management and running manufacturing facilities in Morocco and Portugal.

His retail experience involved running teams responsible for Ethical Sourcing, Quality, and Sustainability covering all types of products from Apparel, H&B, and General Merchandise for several leading retailers. He has previously worked with reputed organisations such as Primark, Asda-George Clothing, Matalan PLC and Dunelm.