Tim Hartley is a journalist and author. He has worked for the BBC as a reporter and editor, was Head of News at the Welsh Government and Director of Corporate Affairs at S4C. He was chair of the Royal Television Society in Wales, is a non-executive director of the Co-operative Press and the Welsh Football Trust and is a magistrate sitting on the Cardiff bench. His first volume of travel writing, Kicking off in North Korea, was published in 2016. If you can’t get him on the phone he’ll probably be on top of a mountain riding his bike or watching his beloved Cardiff City. Follow Tim on twitter @timhhartley