Tim Arthur Leo Wilkinson

Fee Band


In a career that has taken in writing, charity,  overseeing brand, digital and customer service at Virgin Money, serving as the former Global CEO of Time Out, and currently serving as the CEO at the Royal Academy of Dance, Tim has maintained an unusual but consistent theme throughout. Combining creativity, innovation, culture and people, he has steered organisations through industry disruption, and helped them become trustworthy and customer-focused.


Biography

Tim Arthur was the Creative Director at Virgin Money and former Global CEO of Time Out. He has since taken on the role of Chief Executive at the Royal Academy of Dance. His varied career has also taken in playwriting, running a charity, journalism and presenting on BBC Radio London.

After working as an Artistic Director in regional theatres Tim became the CEO of Cardboard Citizens, a charity that works with and for homeless people using performance and theatre to develop skills, share stories and work with the community. He then entered the world of journalism, becoming Time Out’s UK Content Director. He was appointed the listing and city guide publisher’s Global CEO as the print industry struggled to cope with online platforms. To answer the threat he made the publication free and transformed their digital content strategy and accessibility. He put the company on a safe footing, focusing on digital revenue and brand extensions.

At Virgin Money, Tim embraced a remit encompassing brand, marketing, digital and customer experience. As a challenger brand, in an industry whose reputation had been severely battered by the financial crisis, he helped make it one of the most trusted and human banks in the UK.

Tim takes a customer-centric approach to company strategies, arguing that it is both within a company’s commercial interest and their social responsibility to express their core nature through their brand. He considers how creativity within the workplace needs to be given its own platform and be fundamental to a company’s culture. He examines how both creativity and diversity are primary drivers of smart disruption and sustainable innovation, and the connection between the people within the company and those that rely on them to look after their financial wellbeing.

© Copyright 2024 JLA. All rights reserved.

Videos

JLA Speakers Breakfast

Contact

We’re on hand to help you find the perfect speaker, presenter or performer for your events. Call or email our London office and use our agents' experience to expertly match you with the right person for your programme!


From time to time we send out emails announcing new speakers and free tickets to our showcase events including Speakers Breakfasts and the JLA Real Variety Show. Please tick the box below if you would like to receive these emails.

Don't miss anything!

We will never share the data you submit here with a third party. Information is stored in a database in order to service your enquiry, but is deleted once it is no longer required. You may request to have this data removed at any time.

JLA Presents


Event - 30/04/2024 - 9:00 am

Speakers Breakfast

Understanding AI Now

Speakers
Priya Lakhani, Anne-Marie Imafidon, and Neil Lawrence

Please join us in our JLab studio near Oxford Circus at 08:30am on Tuesday 30th April for our next speaker’s breakfast event. Following our sell-out event for IWD back in February, we will be joined by three fantastic speakers for an exploration of the uses, myths and concerns surrounding AI.

Location

JLA, 14 Berners Street, London

WATCH

Event - 06/02/2024 - 9:00 am

Speakers Breakfast

Looking Ahead to International Women’s Day

Speakers
Samira Ahmed, Eniola Aluko, Julia Gillard, and Alex Mahon

We were joined by four fantastic speakers to look ahead at International Women’s Day. With the theme of this year’s event being #InspireInclusion, we were lucky enough to hear from four women who have each blazed a trail in their respective fields: CEO of Channel 4, Alex Mahon; the former Australian Prime Minister and Chair of Kings’ Global Institute of Women’s Leadership, Julia Gillard; one of the leading voices in football, Eniola Aluko MBE; and broadcaster and journalist, Samira Ahmed.

Location

Bishopsgate Institute, London

WATCH