Non-Executive Director, Claire Thomas
SVP HR, GlaxoSmithKline
Claire is Senior Vice President at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) where she is a member of the Corporate Executive Team, reporting to the CEO. She leads the Global HR function for the Company and is responsible for GSK’s Environmental Sustainability Strategy.
Previous roles at GSK include Senior Vice President Human Resources Pharmaceuticals Europe where she successfully led the function through the merger with SmithKline Beecham and played a key strategic role in the radical redesign and delivery of the new operating model for GSK’s European Business. She then assumed responsibility for Senior Vice President Human Resources Pharmaceuticals International where she was responsible for driving the HR agenda in Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific.
Prior to joining GSK Claire worked for Ford Motor Company, holding various HR leadership and organisational development positions in the Dagenham Assembly Plant, Sales & Marketing UK and Central Europe, and European Engineering. Claire has a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Economics, Management and Industrial Relations from the University of Wales. Claire was honoured as an Outstanding European Woman of Achievement in 2007.