Tim Roberts

Director / Senior Advisor for The Event Safety Shop Ltd.

Tim Roberts has worked in the live event industry for nearly thirty years. Since 2000 he has been a Director and Senior Adviser at The Event Safety Shop Ltd in the UK, providing specialist safety advice throughout the sector and around the world. He is a chartered member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health. An early contributor to the UK’s Event Safety Guide (1999), Tim was instrumental in bringing that document across the Atlantic to form the basis of the ESA publication. He has contributed to other national guidance documents and is a regular speaker at conferences in the UK and overseas. He continues with a wide range of touring, festival and event work. Having been the Health and Safety Coordinator at Glastonbury Festival (cap. 205,000) since 2002, he was appointed as its Operations Director in 2014. He can be relied upon to bring practical insight and understanding to any safety message.