Tim Weller

Tim is the founder of Incisive Media and is Group Chief Executive.

Tim started his career at VNU Business Publications in 1982 and left to join Centaur Communications in 1987, becoming a director of Centaur Publishing in 1989.

In 1994, he became Managing Director of Reuters Publishing and, on leaving later that year, he founded the company launch Investment Week. He oversaw five years of rapid growth before successfully floating Incisive Media in 2000. In 2006 he led the £275m management buyout that took the company private again.

Tim was voted PPA Publisher of the Year in 1997 and 1998 and Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year – London in 2001. In 2005, he received the publishing industry's top honour – the Marcus Morris Award. He was Chairman of PPA Business and Professional from 2005 to 2008.

Tim was non-executive director and chairman of RDF Media (maker of internationally successful shows such as Wife Swap and Faking It amongst others) from 2005-2010 until it was sold to Zodiak Media creating one of the world’s top three independent media content groups and also Non-executive Chairman of Polestar from 2009-2011 until its sale to Sun European Partners LLP.

Tim was a member of the Shadow Cabinet New Enterprise Council, which advised George Osborne on business and enterprise prior to the 2010 General Election.

Tim is currently chairman of E-Trader Group, the UK’s leading online provider of solutions to market and sell surplus and returned assets on behalf of retailers and wholesalers.

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