
Tim Shelton
Operations Director - Technology & Advisory,Omnium International | Advisory Board Member, RICS UAE
Well versed in best-practice major capital programme delivery, Tim is a seasoned Construction & Real Estate (“CRE”) executive who has demonstrable experience in developing the strategy, tools, assurance, governance and protocol in order to ensure value-added and successful outcomes for major real estate and infrastructure clients. In a UK and Middle East based career spanning over 22 years, Tim’s career has transitioned from traditional, consultant-based roles in commercial management to strategic, client-side roles focused on business efficiency and enhanced performance through digital enablement and innovation.
As an advocate of asset delivery best practice and industry thought leader, Tim is a firm believer in adopting collaborative and innovative delivery approaches as a means of extracting greater value across the value chain and to ensure that delivery stakeholders are objectively aligned and sufficiently driven by performance and data. This has led to an informed view of how the CRE sector is transitioning and an understanding of how industry stakeholders need to respond by tailoring and diversifying their services.
In his current role as Operations Director (Technology and Advisory) for Omnium International, Tim's role is to drive digital transformation through AI adoption, process automation, and innovation. Tim also leads technology alignment with governance, enhances cybersecurity, fosters client-focused digital advisory services, builds strategic tech partnerships, and showcases Omnium's capabilities to win business.
As an industry change champion and thought leader, Tim has a passion for bridging the gap between industry and education in order to nurture the required emerging skillsets necessary to support the required change in the CRE industry. Tim has spoken at numerous public events with regard to the importance of collaborative partnerships between educational institutions and private industry as means of integrating the knowledge value chain to develop the workforce of the future.