Tim Gass
Non-Executive Director (2022-2025)

Tim has worked in the trading standards arena for over 20 years and currently leads on regulatory matters for Tesco. Tim is also the Chair of the CTSI Audit and Finance Committee (AFC).
After a short-lived career in archaeology, Tim joined the trading standards world as a Trainee Fair Trading Officer in Cambridgeshire in 2002. From there, he went on to work at Westminster and Hertfordshire Trading Standards with roles that covered enforcement and advisory work. Tim's last role was as a Principal Trading Standards Officer in Hertfordshire’s Business advice team, during which time he received a national award for his work in Primary Authority.
In 2015, Tim left Local Government and went to work in the private sector as an internal trading standards expert. Tim now leads on trading standards, and other regulatory matters, for Tesco. Having gained a broader experience of the regulatory world, Tim has become a passionate advocate of the Trading Standards profession as one of most pragmatic and forward looking of all the regulatory bodies.