Paul Martin is Vice President of Global Staffing & Diversity, at Sony Pictures Entertainment In this role Paul is responsible for overall management of the professional staffing function as well as diversity development enterprise wide. Prior to joining Sony Pictures Entertainment, Paul was the Vice President, Worldwide Recruitment for Warner Bros. Entertainment. In this role, he was responsible for strategically aligning the Corporate Recruiting Function with the needs of all the client business units. Prior to Warner Bros. Entertainment, Paul was the Human Resources Manager at LRN, The Legal Knowledge Company, which at the time was a flourishing start up organization specializing in legal research, and web based compliance, governance & ethics training. In this role Paul was directly responsible for the strategic planning, implementation, leadership and daily management of Human Resources and Employment programs and policies.

Paul spent the first four years of his career in the financial services industry as the Executive Recruiter for Merrill Lynch’s Private Client Division. Paul also worked for Johnson & Johnson as a Sr. Recruitment Consultant supporting their Engineering and Operations Divisions. Paul earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in International Politics from Wesleyan University and also received his Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Southern California Law School.