Paul Sheerin

Chief Executive, Scottish Engineering

Paul Sheerin has been Chief Executive of Scottish Engineering since 2018 having previously been involved through member companies Polaroid and B&W Diamond Power Specialty Ltd. 

He studied Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Glasgow and joined Nuclear Electric in 1990 as part of the Sizewell ‘B’ project team.  After a period of working in the USA, he returned to Scotland and joined Polaroid at its Dumbarton base in 1996 and became Managing Director in 2005, then VP Global Operations of Polaroid’s sunglass business until 2017.  

He has chaired the UK Shipbuilding Skills Delivery Group for the National Shipbuilding Office since its inception, is a Director of StrathLeven Regeneration CIC and a Trustee of its successor charitable trust the Strathleven Foundation, and a member of the Advisory Board for Primary Engineer.