Tim Clarkson

CEO, Chas Clarkson
 www.chasclarkson.com.au

Tim Clarkson is the CEO of Chas Clarkson, Australia’s leading provider of Christmas and illumination concepts for commercial properties & public precincts. We service an extensive client base including Scentre Group (Westfield), Lend Lease and the City of Sydney. Our Head Office is in Sydney with satellite offices in Melbourne and Brisbane.

Tim is a 4th generation Clarkson and is extremely thankful his great grandfather had the good sense to found Chas Clarkson in 1893 and emigrate to Australia in 1900. After completing a management cadetship with Grace Bros, Tim joined the family business in 1990 working his way up from the sales floor into business development. With the traditional business of supplying small retailers in decline Tim founded the Christmas and Illumination division starting with one Shopping centre and now accounting for 100% of the company’s turnover.

Tim and his wife, Kate, have three boys aged 18, 16 and 12 years old. Tim enjoys staying active with his sons and regularly participates in triathlons with the whole family. Tim remains fit by regularly swimming and is an avid skier.

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All Sessions by Tim Clarkson

  • Conference Program - 19 March 2021


  • 11:45  - 12:30
    In 1893 Charles (Chas) Clarkson took the brave and courageous step of setting up the first Clarkson outlet – a shop fitting and signage business in London's Charing Cross that he started with his brother, Aldo. At the turn of the 20th century, Chas brought his family to Sydney where he set up his signage and ticket writing shop at 125 William Street. In the 1960s Chas Clarkson revolutionised how customers shopped in store with help yourself displays. Their new shop windows in the 1970s changed the way retailers displayed their products. Then in the early 90s, when demand declined for traditional retail ticket items, they created the Chas Clarkson Christmas concepts division. The rest as they say is history. Chas Clarkson create magical and memorable experiences that help bring joy to Australian families at the most special time – installing hundreds of Santa experiences, thousands of Christmas trees and millions of lights in every color of the rainbow. Over 60% of all major shopping destinations in Australia have a Chas Clarkson experience. The Christmas tree in the QVB? That’s theirs too. Join 4th generation siblings, Tim Clarkson, Mike Clarkson and Sally Clarkson as they share: what defines them as a business – forming the foundation of everything they do; how they stay ahead in a competitive market that is driven by innovation; and how the fourth generation define their own success within the legacy of the business.
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