Mr Robert Thomas

Senior Advisor, Citigroup Australia & New Zealand

Mr Rob Thomas is currently Senior Advisor, Citigroup Australia.

Mr Thomas has over 30 years experience in the securities industry.  In 1986 Mr Thomas joined County NatWest Securities Australia Limited (CNWSAL) to establish its stockbroking operations and was appointed Managing Director of CNWSAL.  This ultimately involved the acquisition of a small 30 person Sydney operation, JM Bowyer & Co., which was built up to 220 staff with operations in Melbourne, London, New York, Auckland, and Tokyo with a consistent No.1 Market Share rating in Australia.   In April 1998, County NatWest Securities was taken over by Salomon Smith Barney and later became a part of Citigroup where Mr Thomas was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Australia and New Zealand.  Subsequently he became Chairman of the Citigroup Global Corporate and Investment Bank, finally retiring from that position in September 2004.

He is the Chairman of two ASX listed companies, Heartware Limited and Australian Wealth Management Ltd and is on the Board of Virgin Blue Ltd.  He is Chairman of the Security and Derivatives Industry Association and is a Director of Grahger Capital Investments.  He is a member of the Library Council of NSW and remains a consultant to Citigroup Australia

Mr Thomas has a Bachelor of Economics from Monash University 1963-1966.  He has been a member of the Securities Institute of Australia since 1976 and was appointed as a fellow to the Institute in 1997.  He is a Master Stockbroker and is a Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors.

On a personal level Mr Thomas is married to Kyrenia with four boys.  His hobbies include racing & breeding slow horses, golf and he also enjoys collecting antique maps.