Tim Tucker

Tim is founder and CEO of the public health organization, SEAD Consulting. He also is a member of various national and international governance structures, such as the National Health Laboratory Service Board, the SA Medical Research Council Board, NHLS Research Trust Board, and is a member of the US National Institutes of Health HIV/AIDS Strategy Working Group.

Tim is a registered Clinical Virologist, and practices as a public health strategist, with a track record in HIV, vaccines and public health programs in Africa and beyond. He has had a career encompassing clinical medicine; clinical and laboratory research; and leadership of South Africa’s largest R&D program, the South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative. He obtained his medical degree, his Ph.D. and pathology specialization at UCT.

Tim is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine at the University of Cape Town.