Paris currently serves on the board of directors of Heartland Publications and Maverick Media and also serves as an industry advisor for Brightwood Capital Advisors.
Prior to his current role, Paris who has also been a former chairman, president and chief executive officer of Sun-Times Media, has worked as the interim president of MediaNews from January 2011 to October 2011 and a member of its board from March 2010 to January 2012.
Since 2008, Paris was working as a self-employed business consultant serving on corporate boards and providing financial and strategic advisory services and interim management services.
Before MediaNews, he served as managing director and head of the Media and Telecommunications Group of Berenson & Company from 2002 to 2007.
Prior to Berenson & Company, he served as the head of Investment Banking at TD Securities USA, and as managing director and head of Financial Sponsors Coverage in the Leveraged Finance Group at Credit Suisse First Boston and as managing director and head of High Yield Investment Banking, Private Placements and Restructuring at Lehman Brothers.
Paris also served as chairman of Sun-Times Media from January 2004 to June 2006, chairman of its board’s special committee from June 2003 to January 2009 and a member of its board of directors from May 2003 to January 2009.
