Tim Harris (born c. 1979) is a South African politician, a former Democratic Alliance member of the National Assembly, and a Parliamentary Counsellor to Mmusi Maimane, the Leader of the Opposition.

[1] After briefly working at an investment bank in Johannesburg, Harris again returned to Cape Town to complete his Masters in Economics.

[5] He told BBC News of the episode:The biggest adventure was the 36 hours we spent trying to cross from the Congo to Gabon.

[10][11] He subsequently moved to the Standing Committee on Finance, and became the Parliamentary counsellor to then-parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko.

He instead became the Director of Trade and Investment in the Office of the Executive Mayor at the City of Cape Town until March 2015, then assuming the role of Chief Executive Officer at Wesgro, the official Investment and Trade promotion agency for the Western Cape.

[15] He is in favour of tax breaks for small businesses, and a youth wage subsidy to encourage companies to hire young people.

[17] Harris has praised Tony Leon for boosting South Africa's trade to Argentina during his tenure as ambassador to that country.