Tim Thurston

Tim Thurston has lived in Wanborough for 10 years, having moved from Norwich to Oxfordshire in 2000. Married with four children, two of whom attended the college, Tim had a 30 year career in publishing, where he has been managing director of five different business. These have included magazines, newspapers, radio and local TV stations. His most recent role was managing Archant’s county magazines, that included Cotswold Life.

During Tim’s career he has led and developed teams to achieve consistent success. He established a reputation for developing people and successfully managed several change programmes.

He has attended the Henley School of Management and Cranfield Business School.

Tim now runs a leadership and team development company, Team-I, whose programmes use the success of elite sport as its narrative, helping companies to embed the key elements of success into their business. He is also co-founder and a director of the Team Doctor a business that creates films to support employee wellbeing and engagement.

Tim plays tennis for Wanborough and is also a qualified football and cricket coach.