Paul Bayly is Chief Executive Officer of PNG Power Limited, Papua New Guinea’s state-owned electricity utility. He took up the role in March 2025. He was previously Chief Executive of the Recovery and Development Agency in the British Virgin Islands, and Permanent Secretary for Infrastructure and Transport in Fiji. He is a retired Colonel in the New Zealand Army.

Central to Paul’s multi-dimensional career is the efficient and strategic use of resources to better people’s lives. He has honed his commercial acumen over a 30-year career which spans merchant banking, private business, and corporate advisory.

At PNG Power, he is working to restore financial and operational stability to a utility that serves electricity customers across the country.

Paul has worked on economic recovery and infrastructure on a national scale, most recently in the British Virgin Islands, as the Chief Executive of the Recovery & Development Agency, and in Fiji, as a Permanent Secretary of the Ministry for Infrastructure and Transport.

Paul is an experienced leader in a civilian and military environment and retired as Colonel from the New Zealand Armed Forces.