Timothy Frank Menne Tanser
Legal Practioner
Tim Tanser is a Legal Practitioner, Conveyancer, Notary Public & Authorised Administrator of Estates. After graduating from at the University of Natal (Pietermaritzburg) and several years in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Following his retirement from Scanlen & Holderness, 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 his wife have three married children and eight grandchildren.
George Stavros Georgiou
Legal Practioner
George holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Natal (Pietermaritzburg). George is a Legal Practitioner Conveyancer & Notary Public registered in Zimbabwe and is also a Solicitor on the Roll entitled to practice in England and Wales. George is also an Authorised Estates Administrator. After university in South Africa, George joined Scanlen and Holderness in 1993. Scanlen & Holderness is the biggest and oldest law firm in Zimbabwe. George was admitted as an Equity partner of Scanlen & Holderness in 2000.
In 2004 George left Zimbabwe and went to practice in the United Kingdom for seven years. In London he worked for a small niche firm Cooke Matheson (which later amalgamated with the Wellers Law Group) which was located in Grays Inn in the City. Whilst in London George was involved in Probate and General Commercial Law.
In 2011 George returned to Zimbabwe and joined Tim Tanser where he deals with General Commercial work as well as Deceased Estates and Estate Planning. George is a trustee for the Old Hararians Sports Club, is a member of the Baptist Bible Church and is newly married to Sally.
Ian Craig Franceys
Legal Practioner
Ian graduated from the University of Natal (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa with a Bachelor of Commerce (BComm) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and was registered as a Legal Practitioner, Conveyancer and Notary Public in Zimbabwe in 1995. Ian worked with Danziger and Partners for two years (1993-1994) before joining Wintertons in 1995 where he worked until 2001. Ian specialises in property law and conveyancing.
From 2001 until 2010, Ian worked in commerce, some of the time as Company Secretary for two large Zimbabwean Companies, one of which was listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange. In 2011, Ian returned to Wintertons as a Consultant where he continued a practice in property law and conveyancing, before joining Tim Tanser Consultancy as a partner in March 2015. Ian enjoys the outdoors, and he and his wife Yvonne have two sons.