Robert Thomas

Mr Thomas has a strong background in financial services and capital markets and has considerable expertise in mergers & acquisitions, including advising on the IPOs of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Qantas. Mr Thomas is the former CEO of County NatWest Securities and the former CEO (and then Chairman) of Citi Corporate and Investment Bank Australasia. Mr Thomas has also held the position of Chairman at Australian Wealth Management Ltd (ultimately IOOF Ltd), TAL (Australia’s largest life insurance company) and the previously ASX-listed company HeartWare® International Inc. Mr Thomas is the Chairman of AusBio Ltd, Grahger Retail Securities Pty Ltd and ASX-listed Starpharma Holdings Limited, and is a non-executive director of Biotron Limited and O’Connell Street Associates. He is a past non-executive director of Reva Medical Inc. and Virgin Australia.

Mr Thomas holds a Bachelor of Economics from Monash University and a Diploma of Business (Accounting) from Swinburne. He is a Fellow of the Securities Institute of Australia, Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales. He is also Co-Chair of the State Library of New South Wales Foundation.