Tim Cullen (banker)

Born on 23 March 1944 in Harlow, Essex, he is the son of Brian Cullen CBE, and the brother of Dr Pat Cullen. He was educated at King William's College, Isle of Man, gaining his MA from Trinity College, Dublin. ==Early career==

From 1967 to 1969, Cullen taught English at Saint Edwards School, Florida, and joined Ford Motor Company Limited in 1969, where he worked in international media relations. In 1973, he transferred to the parent company in Dearborn, Michigan. From 1975 to 1978, Cullen headed the international public affairs unit at Continental Bank in Chicago. ==Career at the World Bank==

Cullen spent twenty-one years at the World Bank working as the spokesman to the Washington Press Corps from 1978 to 1984, before becoming chief of external relations in the World Bank's European office in Paris. Both the written report and press conference employed this term. Cullen played an active role in the World Bank's work on the reconstruction of Bosnia and the transformation of the former Soviet Union countries into market economies. ==Post-World Bank career==

Cullen managed the Asian Development Bank's Water Awareness Programme from 2002 to 2006. and moderated sessions at World Water Forums in Kyoto and Mexico. He was involved in the creating the World Commission on Dams and co-ordinated the launch of its final report in November 2000. Cullen is a regular commentator on World Bank affairs. He also comments on the challenges facing developing nations. He advised the Growth Commission before the launch of their global Growth Report in 2008. ==Governance and ethics==

Cullen is a former commissioner for the Financial Supervision Commission of the Isle of Man Government He is an executive director of the Small Countries Financial Management Centre. He speaks regularly on the subject of governance and business ethics He was a trustee of the Institute of Business Ethics from 2006 to 2014. ==Negotiation==

Teaching Cullen is an associate fellow of the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford where he created the Oxford Programme on Negotiation with Sherman Roberts. Cullen continues to teach on the Programme. In 2018, he led a course on the art of cross-cultural negotiation in Bangkok, Thailand. Commentary Cullen has provided insight into trade, business and negotiation matters for many years. effective negotiation techniques for politics, and doing business with China. In 2016 and 2017, Cullen made appearances on the BBC Radio 4 programme The Bottom Line as a trade deal expert. In the same years, Cullen published several commentaries on the Brexit negotiations. == References ==