Martin Thomas (Past Speaker)

Martin Thomas is currently leading Total Workforce Strategy for Philips to help the business be ready for the workforce of the future. Martin drives strategy for recruitment of permanent, contingent & on-demand workers to ensure Philips have a joined up approach across all sources of getting work done. He creates the link from Strategic Workforce Planning to Demand Management and he owns the Contingent Labour Programme for Philips globally. Martin is a Talent Acquisition professional with career spanning in-house and executive search, leading TA for organisations including BT, AIG and the BBC. He gained broader HR experience through roles in Talent Management and as an HRBP with extensive International experience leading regional and global teams. Martin has lived in the UK, Germany, USA and India.