Towergate appointed Tim as Finance Director in 2002. 

Tim joined Coopers and Lybrand in 1985 spending six years with Coopers in Australia, before transferring to the UK in January 1991. 

In 1999 Tim joined Heath Group as director of operational review.

In 2000 he joined Benfield Group as finance and operations director of a newly formed subsidiary  company. Tim is a qualified chartered accountant.