Tim Cullen

Tim Cullen is a former chief spokesman and director of information and public affairs of the World Bank, and former executive director of the Small Countries Financial Management Centre. He is an associate fellow of the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford, where he teaches the Oxford Programme on Negotiation which he founded. He was a senior associate member of St Antony's College, Oxford, from 2000 to 2016.

He is a former commissioner for the Financial Supervision Commission of the Isle of Man Government.

In June 2014, he was awarded the MBE for services to international financial management.

Early life Born on 23 March 1944 in Harlow, Essex, he is the son of Brian Cullen CBE, and the brother of Dr Pat Cullen.

He was educated at King William's College, Isle of Man, gaining his MA from Trinity College, Dublin. Both the written report and press conference employed this term.

Cullen played an active role in the World Bank's work on the reconstruction of Bosnia and the transformation of the former Soviet Union countries into market economies.

Post-World Bank career Cullen managed the Asian Development Bank's Water Awareness Programme from 2002 to 2006.

and moderated sessions at World Water Forums in Kyoto and Mexico.

He was involved in the creating the World Commission on Dams and co-ordinated the launch of its final report in November 2000.

Cullen is a regular commentator on World Bank affairs. He also comments on the challenges facing developing nations.

He advised the Growth Commission before the launch of their global Growth Report in 2008.

Governance and ethics Cullen is a former commissioner for the Financial Supervision Commission of the Isle of Man Government He is an executive director of the Small Countries Financial Management Centre.

He speaks regularly on the subject of governance and business ethics He was a trustee of the Institute of Business Ethics from 2006 to 2014.

Negotiation Teaching Cullen is an associate fellow of the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford where he created the Oxford Programme on Negotiation with Sherman Roberts. Cullen continues to teach on the Programme. In 2018, he led a course on the art of cross-cultural negotiation in Bangkok, Thailand.

Commentary Cullen has provided insight into trade, business and negotiation matters for many years. effective negotiation techniques for politics, and doing business with China. In 2016 and 2017, Cullen made appearances on the BBC Radio 4 programme The Bottom Line as a trade deal expert. In the same years, Cullen published several commentaries on the Brexit negotiations.