Tim is a specialist in poverty analysis and social protection. He has worked on various aspects of the social protection agenda, including: donor HQ roles in global evidence synthesis, policy development and bilateral programme portfolio guidance and monitoring; assessing Government and NGO poverty targeting systems; supporting country-level poverty and vulnerability analysis and national dialogue on developing social protection strategies; and four years designing and managing UK support to the Ethiopian Productive Safety Net Programme, including extensive involvement in donor coordination and donor-government dialogue.
Prior to joining OPM in 2023, Tim worked for CONCERN Worldwide, the London Overseas Development Institute, the World Bank Cambodia country office, and UK DFID/FCDO.
Tim holds degrees in human geography, with an MA from Syracuse University (USA) and a PhD from the University of Cambridge (UK).
The new UK International Development White Paper – the first in 14 years – assigns a prominent role to social protection in tackling the connected challenges of poverty and climate change.