Prof. Tim Morris
University of Oxford
Tim has been a professor at Oxford since 2002. Before that he was a professor at Imperial College, London, and at London Business School. He has a BA (Hons) from Cambridge University and an MSc and PhD from the London School of Economics.
He is known as a world-leading scholar on the organisation and management of professional service firms and has developed proprietary models of innovation and competitive advantage which he uses in working with leading firms.
His other research, conducted with colleagues at Oxford, examines the role and development of CEOs in large corporations. Based on interviews with over 150 CEOs worldwide, this research explores what it takes to lead a large corporation today. It was launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and has been widely covered in the media. His work has been featured by Harvard Business Review, The Economist, Financial Times, CNN and Forbes.
Tim’s role in Darwin is in developing business modelling related predominantly to the HUT, and in understanding the dynamics of the telecom and satellite industry connection in terms of organisation and as part of a new industry vertical.