Paul Hesford

Paul has over 20 years’ experience in Government organizations having worked across 3 State and Territory Governments.  As Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Paul leads the provision of contemporary financial management including the delivery of TMR’s annual budget, monthly executive reporting and the mid-year review.  TMR has an annual budget of $12 billion, including capital expenditure of $4.2 billion and managed assets in excess of $106 billion.  Paul heads up the Systems team which leads the Departments ERP strategy and support the ERP system across the organization.  Key achievements have included a number of system implementations and upgrades including ERP and Record Management, organisational and cluster reform in NSW Government and driving improvements in reporting, infrastructure accounting and organisational performance.  TMR recently successfully implement Ariba and Fieldglass to manage the departments spend, which also won the 2023 SAP Best Run Award.