Deborah Thomas

A Partner at Blenheim Partners, an elite Executive Search and Advisory Board firm, Deborah Thomas is on of only a few Australian women to have run an ASX 200 listed company. She has edited and managed some of Australia's most popular magazines including Cleo, Elle, Mode (Harper's Bazaar) and The Australian Women's Weekly, and was Mark Bouris' advisor for 3 years on Celebrity Apprentice. Highlights of her board career include, three years as Deputy Chair of the National Library, Executive Director of the Bangkok Post /ACP joint venture, which publishes CLEO Thailand and Non Executive Director of the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (now Cancer Australia). She was elected to local government as a Councillor for Woollahra in 2012, completing her five-year term in August 2017.

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Deborah Thomas is one of only a handful of Australian women to have run an ASX 200 listed company.
She is currently a Partner at Blenheim Partners, an elite Executive Search and Board Advisory firm.
Deborah has edited and managed some of Australia’s most popular women's magazine brands including The Australian Women’s Weekly, CLEO, ELLE and MODE (now Harper’s BAZAAR).
She appeared as an advisor to Mark Bouris across three series of Celebrity Apprentice.
She is a strong advocate for women, and has been involved in many charitable organisations including the Royal Hospital for Women Foundation and Father Chris Riley’s Youth Off The Streets.
She has been Deputy Chair of the National Library, Executive Director of the Bangkok Post /ACP joint venture, and Non Executive Director of the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (now Cancer Australia).
In 2012 Deborah was elected to local government as a Councillor for Woollahra, completing her five-year term in August 2017.
She is co-author of Fashion: The first 50 years of The Australian Women’s Weekly.

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Marketing to women
Balancing work and family
The Australian publishing and advertising industry

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