Founder & Director, PAK Engineering Ltd
Chief Technology Officer, Global Solutions Ltd

Paul Kerby began his career at 15 with a Saturday job sweeping the floor of a Midlands toolroom. Four decades later, he remains at the sharp end of advanced manufacturing. He learned the trade end-to-end, from precision machining and CNC programming to working with ultra-hard materials such as tungsten carbide, and became known as the engineer who could revive machines and processes others had written off. By the 1990s, Paul was designing complex machinery that fused craftsmanship with systems thinking.

In 2001, he founded PAK Engineering Ltd (Paul Andrew Kerby), beginning with the redesign of a finning machine for greater efficiency. The company grew to a 15-strong team with an international client base before the 2008 financial crisis forced a complete rethink. Refusing to fold, Paul streamlined operations, went without pay when needed, and rebuilt around rapid prototyping, high-value engineering, and heat-exchange innovation — areas where British expertise continues to lead on speed, quality, and reliability.

That reinvention opened doors to collaboration with universities and industry partners, including the University of Nottingham, combining hands-on experimentation with applied research. The result became the hallmark of Paul’s work: simple, durable, repeatable engineering that performs on the factory floor.

As Chief Technology Officer at Global Solutions Ltd, Paul leads the design and delivery of heat-exchange, battery and control systems for energy, environmental and sustainable-technology projects.

A proud dyslexic, Paul views his visual-spatial thinking as a strength, enabling him to map mechanisms in 3D, anticipate failure modes, and distil complex systems into clear, buildable designs.

Colleagues refer to “the big shed” — his workshop ethos: experiment fast, engineer precisely, and build things that work in the real world.

They also speak of “the Pit of Paul” — that quiet period of deep thought that ends with an elegant, complete solution.

Outside the workshop, Paul’s love of craft extends to good food, fine wine and well-made beer. He travels with an eye for quality and precision, and photography has become a favourite creative outlet — the same focus on light, form and materials, expressed through a different lens.

After more than forty years in engineering, Paul’s philosophy remains unchanged:
Every problem is a puzzle; every build is an opportunity to make something that lasts.