Tim is an experienced business writer having written for three decades at major business publications, specializing in banking, accounting, resources, technology, telecoms, agriculture, property trusts and - of course - the life sciences.

Tim was best known as the writer of the Criterion investment column analyzing ASX-listed companies in a style accessible to retail investors. A quirk of the column was that it offered 'buy' and 'sell' recommendations in a journalist context.

Tim is proud to have no financial qualifications other than an outdated Certificate in Financial Markets and a dedicated following from investors, brokers and analysts and says he is yet to be charged by ASIC despite penning Criterion for more than 10 years.

Tim holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.