Head of Enterprise and Innovation, CBI
Tim was appointed Head of the CBI’s Enterprise and Innovation Group in January 2009. The group covers a wide range of policy areas under the headings of: manufacturing; enterprise (small business policy); science, technology & innovation; and business-university links.
The group aims to support the development of an effective innovation ecosystem in the UK, to create the conditions for small business growth and ensure that the UK maintains and builds a world class manufacturing base –working with business, universities and trade association partners to identify needs and share best practice, and working with government to articulate priorities and facilitate change.
Tim takes a particular interest in how businesses organise themselves to innovate and has been involved in a number of innovation surveys and campaigns with the CBI and with various parts of government. Tim led the CBI’s work on the future shape of business in 2009.
Prior to this appointment Tim worked on CBI innovation policy for a number of years, in particular developing CBI innovation surveys and lobbying work that lead to the introduction of R&D tax credits for companies of all sizes. This lobbying success alone has released over £2 billion of additional funding for larger firms conducting R&D in the UK.
For its first two years of operation, Tim also acted as independent Secretary to Defra's top-level Science Advisory Council, conducting work into a wide range of policy issues such as risk, the management of bovine TB in badgers, quality assurance and peer review and the development of Defra’s science and innovation strategy.
Tim's previous areas of work include: with the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee - as a committee specialist adviser; with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council dealing with postgraduate training and policy issues; and as specialist researcher for the Centre for Volcanic and Tectonic Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, working on issues related to the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in the US.

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