Paul Davenport
Lifestyle
Paul was involved professionally in the Horse Industry for over 35 years, training horses, instructing and assessing in multiple disciplines. He established riding programs (arena instruction, trail riding for day, overnight and wilderness rides), instructor training programs and coached and competed at the elite levels;
Paul has been on the board of Horse Safety Australia and the Australian Horse Industry Council (AHIC) where he was a key member of the AHIC Code of Practise Review Group. He delivered the AHIC HorseSafe Risk Management Workshops across Australia and has completed the AHIC Auditors Course. Paul is a qualified Clinic Instructor with Horse Safety Australia; and has also been qualified with the CHA (USA, Canada) and AQHA & HSAA (Judging).
Paul has been involved and provided input in the development of the Adventure Activity Standards and Education Department Guidelines for Horse Riding in several States and has consulted with Workcover NSW for the development of a Scope for the proposed National Code of Practice, legislation for Safework Australia.
Paul is recognised in the insurance industry as a leading Crisis and Risk Management resource and currently the General Manager of Affinity Insurance Brokers and Affinity Equine Insurance. Affinity Insurance Brokers (an Aon owned business) provides public liability insurance for many of the major equine associations and several thousand equine businesses, coaches and trainers across the country.