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Bill Thomas



Extensive Industry Experience

Bill is Executive Director, Europe and Asia Pacific, with particular responsibility for HR Advisory services in the region, and he brings a wealth of industry experience and knowledge to clients. Before joining the EquaTerra team, Bill was part of Fidelity's European HRO operation, HR Access, serving as head of global outsourcing.

“Globalization, combined with an economic downturn, is making for extremely difficult business conditions,” Bill observed. “For HR departments, this is translating into the challenge of efficiently and effectively delivering critical administrative processes, such as payroll and recruitment, while wrestling with huge strategic challenges in areas like talent management. EquaTerra is extraordinarily well placed to help resolve these challenges.”

Prior to Fidelity, Bill spent 15 years with the Ceridian Corporation, rising to president of multinational services. In that role, he launched outsourced operations in more than 40 countries, built multilingual service centers in the UK and U.S., and grew the company’s offshore operations in Mauritius from a startup unit serving the UK to a 300+ staff operation servicing Europe and North America. He led many significant client relationships, closed seven acquisitions for Ceridian and negotiated multiple channel relationships.

Based in London, Bill lives near Cambridge with his wife and two children.


Beyond the Bio

Recommended Reading

  • Harvard Business Review
  • HROA    
  • The Fish! Philosophy by John Christensen


     

Specific Expertise

HR for multinational corporations

Payroll outsourcing

Shared service centres

Offshore delivery


Contact Info

bill.thomas@equaterra.com


Key Credentials

  • Formerly Head of Global Outsourcing, HRA, Fidelity
  • Formerly president of Multinational HR Services for Ceridian
  • Board member of the HR Outsourcing Association in Europe
  • HRO Advisor Superstar, 2010
  • HRO Superstar, 2006
  • Has a 1st Class Honours degree


Viewpoints

EquaTerra Blog: European IT services buyers give outsourcing the vote, but how do they rate their providers?
EquaTerra Blog: SAPPHIRE NOW 2010 Sheds Light on the State of HR...and Gives a Lesson to Us All
Podcast Series: European Legal Pulse Survey Results 2009
EquaTerra Blog: NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2010
4Q09 Pulse Survey Results - Podcast Excerpt Series
US Federal Government: Cloud Services Provide Another Tool in the HR Toolbox
Benefits Sourcing: What’s Next in Health Care? Creative Cost Containment
Global HR: Developing Competencies for a Global Workforce
Recruitment Process Outsourcing: Despite its potential, HR executives continue to resist the outsourcing culture
Human Resources: Concerns Over Cloud Computing


 
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