Elder Paul Douglas serves as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for the Seventh-day Adventist Church World Headquarters located in Silver Spring, Maryland, and provides global financial leadership to the Church and its family of institutions. Paul brings to this role more than 30 years of responsibilities and results in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Australia. As part of providing global financial leadership, Paul engages with Church leaders regarding their organizational stewardship and its impact on the personal stewardship of church members; ensures there is a premium focus placed on managing resources for mission effectively and efficiently; and expects transparency and accountability from everyone involved in the receipt and use of resources placed under their care.
Previously, Paul served as the Executive Director for the General Conference Auditing Service (GCAS) and led a global team of certified professionals attending to a portfolio of assurance engagements for ecclesiastical, educational, healthcare, development, banking, media, manufacturing, retail, insurance, and publishing type entities that together report multi-billion-dollar totals for global assets and revenues.
Paul holds an MBA from California State University – San Bernardino, a Certificate from the Leadership and Strategic Management Program at Cornell University, and is completing his dissertation towards a PhD in Accounting from the Cass Business School in London. He is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the states of California and Florida, a Chartered Accountant in Jamaica, and a Chartered Global Management Accountant.
