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Tim Cook

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Tim Cook

Tim Cook co-leads the firm's Information Officers Practice. He conducts senior-level assignments within the technology sector, with a particular focus on CIO roles. He has 10 years of executive search experience and joined Russell Reynolds Associates in 2008. His U.K. and international search experience includes a variety of CIO appointments across all sectors and geographies.

Recent Client Experience

Tim's recent assignments include placing the CIO at a global private medical insurance business; a global utility and a global retailer; the CIOs at the UK's NHS and Inland Revenue organisations and the CTO at a price comparison website as well as the CTO of an online local directory and the BBC. He has conducted leadership assessments of the IT function in different sectors. Tim has worked with clients in the Middle East and placed the COO of a major stock exchange there as well as CIOs in the financial services sector.

Previous Experience

He was previously the CEO of Cherwell Scientific Ltd and, prior to that, he was with International Computers Limited (now Fujitsu Services) in both sales and strategy roles. Earlier, Tim served with the U.K. Armed Forces.

Additional Professional Activities

Tim has successfully led the world’s first rowing expedition along 1,000km of the Upper Zambezi, from the Angolan border with Zambia to the Victoria Falls. The team raised £15,000 for the provision of clean water to remote villages in Zambia which will directly benefit more than 1000 people across 10 villages. The team will also be donating all their rowing equipment to support township-based rowing facilities for children. For more information see www.rowzambezi.com. Tim has also authored articles in industry specific publications including the recent article "Why it’s still tough to find a good CIO" . Tim is a trustee at St John’s Beaumont School.

Education

Tim received his B.A. in English literature from Newcastle University, his postgraduate diploma in world politics from The London School of Economics and Political Science, his M.B.A. from the London Business School and his M.Sc. in health informatics from the University College London. He is a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.