Since taking the role of Director of UNICEF’s Office of Innovation in 2021, Thomas has pioneered an era of expanded reach, scale, and impact for child-centred innovations worldwide, in close collaboration with private sector and government leaders worldwide.

Thomas spearheads a radical reinvention of the UNICEF Innovation team as a core change catalyst for UNICEF’s impact globally, and harnesses the indomitable energy and deep expertise of his team to spot innovations that offer transformational potential for children, from data science to AI, blockchain, innovative finance constructs, or innovative products to be picked up, co-created, and scaled with the expertise and support from young innovators and partners across public and private sectors, so that, together, we create global social goods that advance humanity.

Previously, Thomas served UNICEF in leadership roles across the Balkans, South Asia, and the Middle East, and served as Head of Mission for country offices in Thailand and Algeria.