Tim Tanser is a Legal Practitioner, Notary Public & Authorised Administrator of Estates. Tim spent forty-one years in the legal firm of Scanlen & Holderness (S & H), the last five years of which he was Senior Partner and Chairman. Following his retirement from S & H, Tim set up his own Legal Consultancy specialising in property and commercial matters, conveyancing, Estate planning and associated aspects such as Wills, Trusts and Estate Administration.

Tim has been actively involved with the History Society of Zimbabwe and has held many positions within the Society including, for ten years, that of National Chairman. He is a past president of the Harare (then Salisbury) Attorneys Association and the National Trust of Zimbabwe. He has been intimately involved in school administration, having been Chairman of Alexandra Park Primary School for ten years and on the Board of Governors of Falcon College for twenty-five years, five of these as Chairman.

He is a Trustee of the Wakeford Trust, a charitable Trust for educational and vocational purposes. Tim is an Elder and Chairman of leadership of the Baptist Bible Church where he and his wife Diana worship. He has over many years conducted restoring relationships courses at the Christian Counselling Centre.
Tim plays tennis and golf, and he and Diana have three married children and six grandchildren.