Paula is Chair of National Grid plc, and Independent Non-Executive Director of Linde plc and GE Vernova. Previously, she was Independent Director of General Electric Co and Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of BP plc.

She is the former Chair, President and CEO of Safeco Corp., a Fortune 500 insurer that was acquired by Liberty Mutual Insurance Group in 2008. Upon the sale of Safeco, Paula served as Vice Chair and Chief Restructuring Officer at American International Group (AIG).

Before joining Safeco, Paula was an Executive in the energy industry. She served as Chair, President and CEO of AGL Resources, a Fortune 1000 Atlantabased energy-services holding company that has subsequently been acquired by Southern Co.

Paula and her husband, Stephen P. Reynolds, are Principals in PreferWest LLC, a family investment office. They are also actively involved in musical theatre and co-produced “Come From Away”, a Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical that ran on Broadway and is touring worldwide, including in London’s West End.

Paula was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the US National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) in 2014. She has been involved in UK governance since 2011.