Tim Wakeley obtained his PhD in Industrial Economics from the University of East Anglia in 1993 for research into the evolving nature of market structure under a regime of Schumpeterian competition.  After a spell as the Project Manager for the Computers in Teaching Initiative at Bristol University (1992-3) he took up a post as Lecturer in Business Economics at the University of Bath in 1994 where he pursued research in behavioural and evolutionary economics. During this period, he also taught applied microeconomics for the Open University while doing a bit of moonlighting back at Bristol teaching industrial economics. In addition, Tim designed and delivered several executive development units on Strategic Management for a number of corporate clients.

Tim left Bath in 2006 to take up a Senior Lectureship at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. Throughout his time at Bath and Griffith Tim devoted his research work and teaching to the application of economic concepts to real world business issues.  In the summer of 2010 Tim left full-time academia and returned to the UK to pursue his lifelong ambition of self- employment. Among other pursuits, he set up a microbrewery in rural Shropshire – The Shropshire Brewer Ltd.  Here Tim gained plenty of first-hand experience as CFO, CEO and, most importantly, Head Brewer; he is an expert in moving large volumes of boiling sticky liquid from one vessel to another and walking away unscathed.  In early 2018 Tim closed the Shropshire Brewer and in May 2018 was very surprised when the University of Bath hired him once again. Clearly, the 12- year interlude had caused memories to fade! Currently, he is a Senior Lecturer in Business Economics and the Associate Dean (Education) in the School of Management.