Paul Collins

Sir Paul David Collins (born 27 February 1953) is a New Zealand businessman and sports administrator.

Collins was born in Wellington in 1953. He has family ties to Martinborough and has lived there since the early 2000s. He was chief executive of Brierley Investments between 1985 and 1998, and was active on the boards of several sporting bodies. He served as a governor of the New Zealand Sports Foundation from 1986, and was chair of the organisation from 1992 to 1999.

In the 2015 New Year Honours, Collins was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to sports governance.

Collins was appointed to the Wairarapa District Health Board as chairman by the Minister of Health, Jonathan Coleman, in December 2016. Three years later, he was reappointed by Health Minister David Clark.

In 2019 Collins was appointed to the Trust Board of the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, of which his father, Wellington surgeon Tom Collins, was a founding trustee. He was made Chair of the Malaghan Institute in December 2023 following the retirement of Graham Malaghan.