Tim held senior marketing roles at Cadbury and Gillette before joining agency Mcann Erickson as an account director. Later he was CEO of Yellowhammer and then Young & Rubicam and led the privatisation campaign for British Gas and pre-flotation for the UK regional electricity companies.
In 1994 he founded Radical, a pioneering change management & comms consultancy working across both public & private sectors. In 2008 he joined the Advertising Association (AA) as CEO. There he promoted the value and values of UK advertising and built the AA’s relevance & commercial viability. He was appointed OBE in 2017.
Tim was a Trustee of the Riverside Studios 2013-20, during its £50m redevelopment. Through Radical Advisory he gives counsel to ceos & senior teams, mentoring privately and through the Marketing Academy’s Fellowship programme.
Living between Barnes and Winchester Tim & wife Sue share the energy & thrills of three daughters & multiple grandchildren.



