Thomas is a member of ISCA, as well as ACCA, CPA Australia and is a licensed US CPA.  He had served on a number of committees related to accounting standards, financial reporting, and XBRL.  He has extensive experience related to accounting for financial instruments gained through the past 18 years in technical accounting roles with a Big 4 firm and an international bank and is currently the accounting advisor to the airline industry for implementation of IFRS 9, Financial Instruments, IFRS 15, Revenue and IFRS 16, Leases. Thomas holds a Masters degree in accounting from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and a Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Finance from the University of Oxford.