Before joining ippr in December 2008, Tim was Director of Communications at the Refugee Council for four years. He worked for a number of years for the BBC, latterly as a senior political journalist based at Westminster. Tim was chair of Refugee Week, is a trustee of Asylum Aid and the Zimbabwe Association and helped found London City of Sanctuary. He has degrees in politics from the London School of Economics and University of Essex.

Tim speaks all around the world on migration issues and is a regular commentator and writer on migration and asylum issues in the national and international press. Recent coverage includes The Guardian, the Independent and The Times.
Tim regularly appears on the broadcast media - recent appearances include BBC Radio 4’s Analysis programme, BBC Newsnight, and Channel 4 news.