Education
Professional Services
Real Estate and Equipment Rental Services
Technology, Information and Media
Financial Services
Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
Active

Duncan Thomas

Jurisdiction

Australia | New Zealand | United Kingdom | United States | India | Hong Kong S.A.R. | Singapore | Canada | Mexico

Notable Employer

  • Chief People Officer at Various
  • Chief People Officer at Bravura Solutions
  • Chief People Officer at Fuji Film Business Innovation
  • SVP Human Resources, Talent at Pearson Education
  • Vice President, Human Resources at American Express

Experience

Seniority LevelC-Suite
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
Chief People OfficerNotable
2024 - Present

Senior interim and leadership coaching assignments within insurance, development, and legal/professional services, including a parental leave contract as EGM, People, Culture & Safety at Landcom, a commercial, purpose-driven property development organisation ($330M Rev).

Chief People OfficerNotable
2022 - 2024

Reporting to the CEO and working closely with the Board, brought in as CPO to stabilise an ASX-listed business ($500M Rev, 1400 staff, 6 countries) and execute turnaround and cultural reset through disciplined people and performance strategies. Role included leadership of the management of the Remuneration Committee and contribution to all Board Meetings.

Chief People OfficerNotable
2019 - 2022

Responsible for leading digital transformation to support strategy change to Software/ Services/ Solutions from Hardware sales at FBAU, Logistics, Sales, Consulting and Distribution Organisation. Led all strategic & operational elements of People & Culture, Safety, Communications and Payroll.

SVP Human Resources, TalentNotable
2014 - 2018

Hired in senior HR leadership role to implement best practice in HR as Pearson transitioned to an integrated global business dealing with significant digital disruption. Initially responsible for end-to-end strategic and operational HR leadership across the School and Learning BUs in the US, then Growth Markets – China, South Africa, Brazil, India, Mexico, UAE. For the last 18 months responsible for providing strategic/operational delivery of Talent globally (L & D, Performance Management, Talent Management/Acquisition, Diversity/Inclusion, Org Design, and Change Mgt).

Vice President, Human ResourcesNotable
2007 - 2014

Education

Masters of Business Administration, Human ResourcesUniversity of Technology, Sydney
Present
Degree of EconomicsUniversity of Sydney
Present

Skills

Core skills0
Languages1

Languages

English