Mr Clitheroe was a founding director of financial planning firm ipac and has been involved in the investment industry since he graduated from the University of New South Wales in the late 1970s. From 1993 to 2002 Paul hosted the Channel 9 program Money. Since 1999 he has been the chairman and chief commentator of Money magazine. He writes personal finance columns for metropolitan, suburban and regional newspapers across Australia. Paul has been a media commentator and conference speaker for more than 30. He is Chairman of the Ensemble Theatre Foundation, Chairman of Ecstra (formerly Financial Literacy Australia) and Chairman of the youth anti drink driving body, RADD. In 2012, Macquarie University appointed Paul as Chair of Financial Literacy. He is a Professor with the School of Business and Economics