Tim Blackburn

Tim Blackburn was appointed General Manager, Development & Valuations in September 2015. His responsibilities include business development for investment and trading properties in Hong Kong. He is a member of the Swire Properties Investment Committee and chairs the Company’s art advisory committee.
  
Having joined the Swire Group in 1994 his previous position was Managing Director of The China Navigation Company, the deep-sea shipping arm of the Swire Group, based in Singapore. He has held senior positions with Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company (HAECO), Steamships Trading Company and James Finlay (Finlays) and has worked for various Swire Group companies in Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Australia and Papua New Guinea.
  
He graduated from Cambridge University (MA Hons) and has attended executive programmes at INSEAD (Macau and Fontainebleau), Peking University & Tsinghua University (Beijing) and Stanford University (California). He is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.