Dr Tim Evans
2007 Biography
Dr. Tim Evans is a public affairs professional with a wealth of high level domestic and international
experience. A talented and tenacious senior executive, his career has embraced public affairs, corporate
communications, business planning, fundraising and a wide range of public policy work. A strategic thinker
with extensive management experience, he has worked with senior executives from some of the world’s
largest global enterprises and is an outstanding communicator with experience of delivering more than one
hundred media interviews a year. He is a consummate networker with an excellent academic background.
Today, as well as remaining a consultant to a number of leading global enterprises, he is the Development
Director of the Stockholm Network – a network of more than 130 free market think tanks in Europe –
www.Stockholm-Network.org He is a Senior Fellow with Europe’s leading, Brussels’s based, free market
think tank, the Centre for the New Europe – www.CNE.org And he is the Managing Director of the predictive
public affairs consultancy Farsight SPI Ltd – www.FarsightSPI.com Since 2006 he has also been the
President of the UK’s second oldest free market think tank, the Libertarian Alliance – www.Libertarian.co.uk
A former President and Director General of the Centre for the New Europe (2002-2005), between 1993 and
early 2002 he was the Executive Director of Public Affairs at the Independent Healthcare Association in
London where he oversaw the political affairs and public relations of the UK’s independent health and social
care providers. In this role he was widely credited as being the major driving force behind the 2000
Concordat which was described by the Financial Times as the most “historic deal in 50 years of British
healthcare”. Prior to that, in 1991-1992, he was the Chief Economic and Political Adviser to the Slovak
Prime Minister – Dr. Jan Carnogursky - and was Head of the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit. In the late 1980s
he was the Assistant Director of the Foundation for Defence Studies and subsequently became a Senior
Policy Consultant at the Adam Smith Institute.
In 1993 he was awarded his PhD from the London School of Economics. A political sociologist specialising
in economics, he has taught at a number of academic institutions over the years including teaching postgraduate students Social Policy at London’s Guildhall University and the Economics and Politics of the
Future on the Strategic Command Course of Britain’s national Police Staff College at Bramshill. In early
2007 he was honoured by being elected a member of the Mont Pelerin Society - the prestigious society for
the world’s leading 500 classical liberal economists.
A regular commentator on television and radio, his articles have appeared in the Guardian, Economist,
Financial Times, Wall Street Journal Europe and a host of other newspapers around the world. The author
of numerous books, monographs and articles he has been published by think tanks that include the Adam
Smith Institute, Centre for the New Europe, Fabian Society, Institute of Economic Affairs, Fraser Institute,
Libertarian Alliance, Heritage Foundation, and the Independent Healthcare Association. Today, he lives in
London with his wife Helen, daughter Petica and three cats – Basil, Freddie and Douglas.
tim.evans@CNE.org
tim@Stockholm-Network.org
tim@FarsightSPI.com
Curriculum Vitae
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Timothy Edward Calvar Evans
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Professional Experience
October 2005 -
Development Director, Stockholm Network
September 2005 -
Senior Fellow, Centre for the New Europe
July 2005 -
Managing Director, Farsight SPI Ltd
July 2005 –
Corporate Affairs and Strategy Consultant, Pfizer
Inc
July 2002 – June 2005
President and Director General,
Centre for the New Europe
Led the organisation’s executive team. Oversaw the
business planning, business development,
fundraising, external communications and day-to-day
management of Europe’s leading, Brussels’s based,
free market think tank.
July 1993 - June 2002
Executive Director of Public Affairs,
Independent Healthcare Association
Directed the public affairs and external
communications of the UK’s independent health and
social care sector.
June 1991 - 1992
Chief Economic and Political Adviser and Head of
the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit,
Government of the Slovak Republic
Managed the creation, development and
implementation of more than twenty major
public policies on issues such as taxation, competition
policy, privatization and security.
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May 1990 - 1991
Senior Policy Consultant and Press Officer,
Adam Smith Institute
Managed the organisation’s external communications.
Regularly briefed journalists, politicians, officials and
other opinion formers. Produced three major policy
reports – on policing, welfare reform and European
regulation.
January 1988 – April 1990 Assistant Director,
Foundation for Defence Studies
Responsible for the organisation’s day to day
administration and accounts.
Education
December 1993
Awarded Ph.D in Political Sociology from the Faculty
of Economics, London School of Economics and
Political Science
July 1989
Awarded M.Sc (Econ) in Sociology from the Faculty
of Economics, London School of Economics and
Political Science
July 1988
Awarded B.Sc (Hons) Upper Second in Sociology
from the University of Kingston
June 1976-1984
The Pimlico School. Awarded four ‘4 Levels’:
Government and Politics, Economics, History and Art.
8 ‘O Levels’: English, Mathematics, History,
Government and Politics, Sociology, Art, Design and
Technology, and Art and Design.
References available on request.
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Key Career Achievements
October 2005 -
Director of Development, Stockholm Network
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Lead the organisation’s fundraising programme and during 2006 and 2007
helped to increase turnover by more than 30 per cent.
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Lead an ongoing review of the organisation’s business planning,
marketing and communications strategy and the way it works with more
than 80 commercial clients.
September 2005 
Senior Fellow, Centre for the New Europe
Support the President and Director General with strategy, business
planning and fundraising.
July 2005 –
Corporate Affairs and Strategy Consultant, Pfizer
Inc
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Advise the company’s senior management on its external communications
and public policy environment across Europe.
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Analyse Pfizer’s Corporate Affairs operations in 17 European Markets and
produced a report for Senior Management in New York on options for restructuring and improvement.
July 2005 
Managing Director, Farsight SPI Ltd
Established and lead a small public affairs consultancy that specialises in
political intelligence, strategic public affairs and public relations –
particularly in UK and European healthcare
July 2002 – July 2005
President and Director General,
Centre for the New Europe
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Oversaw the positive transformation of the organisation – turning it into
Europe’s leading, Brussels’s based, market-oriented think tank.
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Successfully developed and delivered the objectives set out in a series of
annual business plans that prioritised CNE’s main areas of work:
healthcare policy, welfare reform, competition policy, intellectual property
rights, and labour market flexibility.
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Oversaw the organisation’s business planning, business development,
and fundraising work. Increased its income by more than 300 per cent.
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Worked closely with members of the European Commission, the
European Parliament and their officials. Responded to a host of EU
initiatives and consultations on a range of subjects.
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Worked closely alongside senior executives from some of the world’s
largest corporations including Pfizer, Merck, ExxonMobil, Nestle, and
Microsoft.
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Managed the organisation’s Executive Team in Brussels and its network
of Senior and Visiting Fellows across 8 European countries (combined
more than 30 employees).
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Developed the organisation’s external communications programme
including its extensive media coverage. CNE attracts more that one major
– high quality – media success in Europe every day. Its commentators and
fellows regularly appear in The Times, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,
The Wall Street Journal Europe, Le Figaro, Financial Times, The
Independent, Newsweek, Handelsblatt, Finanza Mercati, European Voice,
l’agefi, New Statesman, and The Guardian.
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Directed the development of the organisation’s internal and external
communications programme – including its newsletters, regular briefings
and annual report.
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Oversaw the development of the organisation’s information technology
and marketing strategy including the development of its web site www.CNE.org - which has more than 125,000 downloads of publications a
year.
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Oversaw the development of CNE events including speaker luncheons,
dinners, seminars and conferences. CNE events are some of the most
popular and well attended in Brussels.
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Reported to an international board of senior figures from corporate and
public life.
July 1993 - June 2002
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Executive Director of Public Affairs,
Independent Healthcare Association
Directed the development and delivery of the independent health and
social care sector’s public affairs and external communications strategy.
By 2000 the sector was a part of the consensual mainstream in British
politics.
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Personally persuaded Prime Minister Tony Blair to agree to an historic
agreement (2000 Concordat) with independent hospitals, so that NHS
patients could access independent sector treatment and care for the first
time. Within two years, the Concordat had led to more than 200 million
pounds of additional business for the independent sector and more than
250,000 NHS patients have subsequently benefited from the scheme each
year.
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Regularly advised the sector’s most senior executives on matters of highlevel political and business strategy. This included regular presentations at
company board meetings and strategy away-days.
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Acted as the primary spokesman for the UK’s independent health and
social care sector in the press and on television and radio.
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Made more than one hundred media appearances per year.
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Wrote and placed regular newspaper, journal and magazine articles.
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Oversaw internal communications including the production of the sector’s
quarterly newspaper, events and briefings.
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Made more than thirty public speeches a year - to a diverse range of
audiences.
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Networked extensively with ministers and members of Parliament. Worked
closely with a wide spectrum of think tanks, journalists, officials and key
academics.
June 1991 - 1992
Chief Economic and Political Adviser, and Head of
the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit,
Government of the Slovak Republic
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Reported directly to the Prime Minister and senior members of the cabinet
– including four Deputy Prime Ministers.
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Advised the Prime Minister and senior members of the government on all
aspects of public policy and communications strategy.
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Oversaw the appointment, day-to-day management and co-ordination of
all members of the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit.
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Directed the drafting and implementation of more than twenty major policy
initiatives covering a wide range of subjects including housing
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privatisation, tax policy, trade policy, defence and security, and health and
welfare reform.
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Regularly undertook press and media interviews to outline key
government positions and to speak on behalf of the Prime Minister.
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Redesigned the organisational structure of the Office of the Prime
Minister.
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Worked closely with a wide range of senior government officials, business
leaders and key opinion formers.
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Wrote, drafted and edited key speeches for the Prime Minister.
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Regularly attended high level diplomatic, state and public relations events.
May 1990 –1991
Senior Policy Consultant and Press Officer,
Adam Smith Institute
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Managed the public relations and press work of the institute – including
the attraction of more than two hundred and fifty UK press and media hits.
During the year, the increase in the Adam Smith Institute’s press coverage
helped it to become a household name.
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Wrote and published a major report on welfare reform called ‘A Friend in
Need’. It was widely reported in the national press and media.
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Wrote and published a major report on police and law enforcement reform
entitled ‘An Arresting Idea’. It was well received by the press and the
Home Office. It led to the author being appointed a guest lecturer for some
years at Bramshill – the national police staff college.
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Wrote and published a major report on European Union regulation called
‘Europe at Risk’. It was also well received by the national press and made
the front page new story of several national newspapers.
Jan 1988 – April 1990
Assistant Director,
Foundation for Defence Studies
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Responsible for the organisation’s day to day management, administration
and accounts.
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Organised a major annual opinion poll by MORI on British defence policy
which was published in The Times.
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