Tommy is Head of Performance for the World Class Programme. He has over 14 years of experience working with Athletics in the UK.

He initially started supporting athletes as a Strength and Conditioning coach in 2003 at EIS Sheffield before moving to Loughborough in 2007. From 2009 to 2013, he was Head of Olympic and Paralympic Conditioning. Tommy then had a 4-year gap from UK Athletics when he became Performance Director for British Weightlifting before returning in 2017 as Head of Performance Support.

Tommy is a graduate from the University of Oxford and had a long career as an international athlete in Olympic Weightlifting. He won 5 Commonwealth Games medals, was six times British Champion and represented Great Britain at the 2000 Olympic Games.