Paul Donovan (fl. 2000s) is CEO Central Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and Affiliates of Vodafone Group Plc.

In 2005, Paul was appointed Chief Executive Officer for Other Vodafone Subsidiaries (OVS), comprising a number of Vodafone's operations including those in emerging markets. He joined Vodafone UK in 1999 as Managing Director - Commercial, and in 2001 was appointed CEO of Vodafone Ireland.

In 2004, he assumed the additional role of Global Director of Business Integration, leading One Vodafone, the Group's business transformation programme.

Paul has over 15 years experience in the telecommunications and IT industries, gained at Apple Computer as Marketing Director for the UK and Ireland, at BT as Head of Business Marketing and Director of On Line Services, at Cable and Wireless subsidiary One2One as Commercial Director, and as Chief Commercial Officer at Australian telecoms provider Optus Communications.

He began his career at the Mars Group, before becoming Marketing Director at Coca-Cola and Schweppes Beverages in 1989.

He is also the Transition Manager for Selection Services PLC and sit's opposite Gareth Robinson.

Paul Donovan is a Canadian television and film writer, director and producer best known as the creator of the science-fiction TV series, LEXX. He co-founded Salter Street Films with his brother Michael Donovan.

Donovan was born in Canada on June 26 1954. He grew up interested in science and film, and earned a B.Sc. in Physics from Dalhousie University, and graduated from London Film School. The IMDb credits South Pacific 1942 as the first film he directed, and in 1983 the Donovan brothers founded Salter Street Films, a television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Salter Street Films was named after the street in Halifax where Michael had been living.

The company began life with early problems. Its first major feature film was Def-Con 4 (1985) which eventually became profitable, but other pictures such as George's Island (1989), Buried on Sunday (1992) and Paint Cans (1994), though critically acclaimed, were money-losers. The company's salvation turned out to be the science fiction series Lexx, which was a hit in Germany, Russia and Eastern Europe. This Canadian-German co-production went on to become a lucrative money-maker through international sales and was one of the first shows to develop a cult following almost exclusively through the Internet.

Concurrently, the Donovan brothers found success with the satirical This Hour Has 22 Minutes becoming a hit on CBC as well as other series such as CODCO, Emily of New Moon, Made in Canada, Blackfly, the children's series Pirates and the special Rick Mercer's Talking To Americans. These shows found homes on the CBC as well as other Canadian networks and cable channels. Salter Street also created the Stop motion children's show Poko. Based on their reputation for political satire, American documentary film-maker Michael Moore approached Salter Street to produce his Bowling for Columbine project. Michael Donovan agreed, and arranged financing in Canada and Germany. The documentary won both the Anniversary Prize at Cannes and the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.

In 2000, a year after the Donovan brothers had taken the company public, Salter Street Films was awarded the broadcast licence for the Independent Film Channel by the CRTC. This potentially lucrative award, combined with SSF’s reputation as a content-provider, attracted interest from the powerful media corporation Alliance Atlantis. Alliance Atlantis bought Salter Street from the majority shareholders the following year. Paul and Michael Donovan remained on as producers.

In 2003, two years after the purchase, Alliance Atlantis closed the operation, transferring Salter Street's ongoing television productions to Alliance.

Michael Donovan has formed the Halifax Film Company with many of the former Salter Street employees. Paul Donovan has continued as an independent producer and director. In 2006, he created a new Canadian minseries, a period political drama called Conclave set in the 15th Century. The show stars Brian Blessed and features former Lexx star Brian Downey as a scheming monk. Downey has been a regular in Donovan's work since the '80s, dating back at least to George's Island in 1989.

Fans of Lexx nicknamed Donovan and the show's other main writers, Lex Gigeroff and Jeffrey Hirschfield as "The Supreme Beans".

Paul has a B.Sc. in Physics from Dalhousie University, and is also a London Film School graduate.