Mr Thomas joined executive search firm Egon Zehnder International in 1979 and was managing partner of the Melbourne office from 1986 to 2003. He was also leader of the firm’s global Board Consulting Practice Group (1998-2006) and chaired the firm’s twice-yearly international partners’ meetings from 1997 to 2007. Mr Thomas joined executive search firm Egon Zehnder International in 1979 and was managing partner of the Melbourne office from 1986 to 2003. He was also leader of the firm’s global Board Consulting Practice Group (1998-2006) and chaired the firm’s twice-yearly international partners’ meetings from 1997 to 2007.

Mr Thomas is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and is currently a member of the National Gallery of Victoria’s Remuneration and Nomination Committee. He has served on the board of the Corps of Commissionaires (Victoria) and the Council of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. He was a board member of the Heide Museum of Modern Art for nine years (and its chairman for three years), chairman of the Victorian Community Foundation and president of the Melbourne Business School Alumni.