Booktopia Group Limited announced the appointment of Paul Welch as an Independent Non-Executive Director effective from 27 March 2023. Paul is a Commercial, Governance & Strategy Advisor and has over 25 years' of commercial experience in the technology sector having advised a broad array of growing and established businesses in Australia and Silicon Valley. Paul continues to advise a number of businesses and entrepreneurs in both a governance and advisory capacity.

Paul is also a qualified solicitor, a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia and a Registered Tax Agent. Paul was previously Chief Executive Officer of JR Richards & Sons, a waste management business until April 2022 and is currently a Non-executive Director. Paul was previously a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia, Baker McKenzie and Deloitte Australia.

Paul holds a Masters of Law & Legal Practice and a Master of Laws from the University of Technology, Sydney and a Bachelor of Commerce (Acc) from the University of Western Sydney.