Tim Shearer was appointed Scotch College’s director of development in 2012. In this role, he has delivered a fundraising plan to successfully achieve the $20 million target for the capital campaign for Sir Zelman Cowen Centre for Science, and an additional $20 million to deliver a range of other building projects at the school. Since 2012, he and his team have also raised $25 million to drive the Scotch College Foundation’s scholarship programme. Shearer is presently raising funds to endow the Scotch College Indigenous Scholarship programme ($8 million).

In between raising funds for Scotch College, he enjoys spending time with his wife, Christine, and their three children – Nicholas, 21, Amanda, 18, and Edward, 16. He also coaches the School’s Year 10A cricket team and Year 9A football team, is the president of the Old Scotch Football Club, and on the board of Hawthorn Football Club.