Tim was born in Essex and moved to Cambridgeshire in 1987 where he started his career in Sales and Business Development, at the same time as joining the Army Reserve as an infantry soldier at Coldham’s Lane in Cambridge.
A stint in The City as a financial futures broker was followed by a career in operational management where he held directorships with Bupa and other healthcare providers before shifting to a portfolio career in 2017.
Retiring in 2025, after 38 years as an army reservist, his last tour was as Deputy Commander of 1st (United Kingdom) Division, with some 25,000 personnel on operations and in training throughout the world. He remains active with non-executive, volunteer and trustee positions with a number of charities, including SSAFA, Blind Veterans UK, The RLC Charity and as Chair of The Ulysses Trust and Army Rifle Association.
Committed to Cambridgeshire and the region, he is Chair for East Anglia Reserve Forces and Cadets Association, Honorary Colonel for the Cambridgeshire Army Cadet Force and Honorary Colonel of the Peterborough-based 158 Regiment, The Royal Logistic Corps.
In his “spare time”, he is married with three grown up children and is reluctantly getting used to being a grandfather!
Tim was the High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire for 2020/21, was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire in 2014, and became His Majesty’s Vice Lord-Lieutenant in 2023.
The Vice Lord-Lieutenant supports the Lord-Lieutenant and carries out the normal duties of the Lord-Lieutenant should they be away, ill or unable to attend an event.