Paul McBean has been a member of Community Union and its previous unions for nearly 40 years. He has been an active safety rep since joining in 1979. He moved from committee member to shift rep, becoming branch secretary of the Scunthorpe Blastfurnace Branch in 2007 where he remained up until 2014. He then was elected as the multi-union chair of Scunthorpe works and has recently been re-elected to British Steel multi-union chair. In his spare time Paul is a very keen photographer and golfer, playing off a 7 handicap.