Paul Isaacs

I have been a member of Warwick Boat Club tennis section for almost 20 years. Throughout this time I have had regular, weekly coaching sessions with Gavin but regrettably without making much progress! That’s more a reflection on me than him – as he says “he can only work with what’s on the other side of the court”

I originally hail from Sussex, (and for the moment I am proud to say I am a Brighton & Hove Albion fan) but have lived mostly in the Midlands after graduating from the University of Birmingham back in the early 80s. I qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PwC after leaving University but have spent most of my professional career working in private equity, investing in businesses in and around the Midlands. I have sat on numerous company boards helping companies, both large and small, to develop and execute their strategies and to grow both organically and through acquisition. 

My wife, Kate Parr, is also a tennis member and served for 8 years as a Governor on the Warwick Schools Foundation where she was Chair of Governors of Warwick Prep School. She has also been a trustee of the King Henry VIII Charitable Foundation for the last 12 years.

I have now had the pleasure of serving on the TC for the last 2 years and I have been pleased to see the progress made in improving the facilities and the overall performance of the club both competitively and socially. I was actively involved in the project to introduce the new clay courts to the club and am pleased to say that this project was delivered on time and to budget. As a Committee we are continually looking at ways in which we can continue to improve the facilities of the club for the benefit of members and, having successfully delivered the clay courts project, we are now actively looking at other improvements to the facilities on offer to members and are in the process of developing a facilities improvement plan for implementation over the medium term, whilst recognising the capital and other resource constraints we have to work under. I believe that under the Chairmanship of Jon Browning as Tennis Captain his vision for the club is something that I can support, and believe that my experience of helping small and medium sized businesses to develop and grow is something that I can bring to the club and support the committee in achieving their objectives of being a financially stable and family orientated sports club, with an ambition to continually improve the facilities on offer to members.