Antony Thomas
Global HR Consultant

"How Global financial meltdown shapes the future HR"



Focus
• Corporate Business strategist, Organizational catalyst, energetic self-starter with excellent analytical, and L&D skills
• independent thinker and enjoys creative challenging leadership roles

The Professional MNC Experience over 25 years

In HR/L&D management across South East Asia /Middle East /Africa and has led a range of large assignments focused on HR strategies and on transforming HR

Currently "Independent Global HR Consultant based in Dubai"

• Executive Board Of Directors & Corp Head Hr Strategy – Drake & Scull International Dubai
• Regional Head Hr Middle East- Bovis Lend Lease Dubai
• Director HR - Ajes /Washington Group Abudhabi
• Group Hr Manager - Dubai Investments / Woolworths Dubai

The Learning

• Bachelor in Science 1975
• Post Graduate in Personnel Management –I Class- University Rank Holder) Loyola College 1977
• MBA (executive) – London Business School - FT has ranked this program as the no 1 among such executive programs in the world.( 2009 )

• Certificate HR Strategic Decision Making – Wharton Business School, Pennsylvania, USA
• Certificate Benchmarks Tools– a 360-degree performance developmental tool at Center For Creative Leadership, North Carolina USA)

• Certified in TOTALVIEW from Training House USA - a tool for selection
• Certified in BDI ( Behavioral Descriptive Interviewing ) Training House USA

• Certified in Change first – a change management tool Madrid Spain

• GPHR-Global Professional in HR - introduced I st time in the world by SHRM (Society for HR, USA) – Completed preparation course in Miami US &LA.
Awards
Global HR leadership Award - Asia pacific HR congress 2008
Teaching
• NIPM – guest faculty
• UAE Academy – HR guest faculty
Presented papers /Speaker
• Asia Pacific – HR conference –Speaker Singapore August 2003
• Asia pacific HR conference –Speaker Colombo – May-2004
• National Conference – NIPM – India – 1984-96
• Many HR/Quality Conferences - Dubai since 1996
• World HR Congress – Singapore / London May 2006/8
• Asia pacific HR congress Mumbai 2008
• Middle HR summit Dubai & Abudhbai– 2006/7/8
• Speaker at all HR conferences in Middle east – IIR / IQPC/Human Assets/Getex since 2000 till date ( 0ver 20 conferences – including key note speaker)

As a member of SHRM he has attended the global Conference of SHRM global in 2004 at Miami and 2007 in Los Angles.

The Research Expertise

Senior Research Associate for two International Research Projects:
• Namur University Belgium
• IFCU – International Federation of Catholic Universities Rome
Involved in the publication of two scholarly books;
• Catholic Colleges A study – IFCU Rome
• Credit Structure & Indebtedness of fishermen In S. India with Economists from Namur University Belgium

The Professional Affiliations

• Member – Society of HRM, USA –largest body of professional HR managers in the world
• Member-IIRA- International Industrial Relations Association- ILO Geneva
• Member Dubai Quality Group
• Board Member – Dubai HR Forum-body of practicing HR Managers in UAE since 1998
• Member Abu Dhabi HR Think Tank
• HR Directors Club UK,
• Qatar HR best practices group
• Director advisory council – World HR Congress 2009
• Member – Conference Board Middle east