Tim Wheeler

Timothy Jerome Wheeler DL (born 1950), is the former vice-chancellor of the University of Chester. He was Appointed Principal of University College Chester in 1998 and became the first vice-chancellor of the University of Chester in 2005. He retired in December 2019.

Education He was educated at Colwyn Bay Grammar School, Eirias High School and Llandrillo College before attending the University College of North Wales, Bangor, where he studied as an undergraduate and subsequently gained a doctorate in psychology.

Work and appointments elsewhere He is a Deputy Lieutenant for Cheshire and is actively involved with Chester Cathedral. He was deputy chair of the Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership. He retired from his position as vice-chancellor at the University of Chester in December 2019. His successor is Professor Eunice Simmons, the first female vice-chancellor in the university's history.

Personal life He is married with three daughters and four grandchildren, lives in Cheshire and enjoys music, theatre and the arts.