Influential work
- Strengthened the higher education sectors in Australia and the UK through a series of university transformation projects to improve financial performance, student outcomes and international competitiveness
- Guided a major cultural shift within the Royal Australia Navy, working in close partnership with three successive chiefs of Navy
- Led the design and delivery of a cutting edge leadership program for senior executives of one of Australia’s ‘big four’ banks
- Partnered with the board and executive of a financial trustee to design and implement a new operating model and achieve a major turnaround in financial performance
- Led the work for a state government to redesign the state’s domestic and family violence service system.
Outside of Nous
Before establishing Nous, Tim was the managing director of Deakin Australia and a consultant with McKinsey in London and New York.
Outside of Nous, Tim is the chair of Rhodes Scholarships Australia, chair of Loop Platform, member of the executive board of the Committee for Melbourne, former board member of the Australia Council for the Arts, former chair of Geelong Performing Arts Centre and a former director of Barwon Water. He is also a fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia (Victoria).
Tim holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor and a Master of Arts (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) (Honours) from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.
In his spare time...
Tim enjoys life on the Bellarine Peninsula with his wife Barb Dennis and three boys. Tim’s interests include public policy, theatre, surfing and the environment.