Most recently, he was responsible for corporate reporting, government relations and corporate responsibility at RSA Insurance Group plc across all its UK and international businesses. Prior to this Thomas was Head of Corporate & Media Relations at British Airways plc where he was brought in to head the communications team following allegations of price fixing in 2006.
In 2000, he was appointed as Communications Director for Abbey National plc, the personal financial services group, to improve communication across the organisation. Over this period, he made communications more transparent and won numerous industry accolades for openness, crisis management and employee engagement during a period of unprecedented financial instability and board changes.
He has worked with City, media, government, charities and employee audiences on crisis and change management, employee engagement, business turn-arounds, brand re-launches, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, strategic alliances and partnerships.
Thomas is a graduate of the University of Oxford and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators and a Fellow of the RSA.
