Gareth Thomas

Gareth has extensive experience in both B2B and B2C fields, having worked in Europe at one of the world's largest industrial equipment manufacturers and in Australia with one of the world's top 75 branded companies.

Having graduated from London University, Gareth studied in Japan under a full scholarship from the Japanese Ministry of Education. Upon securing an MA in Economics from Osaka City University, Gareth returned to the UK to work in Japanese consumer electronics company in a sourcing and procurement function. Gareth then moved to a high technology company taking on new roles in operations, sales and marketing, in order to gain deep understanding of the entire aspects of value chain. Looking for a new horizon, Gareth immigrated to Australia in 2007. He studied for an MBA from Griffith University before obtaining a position in the world's leading digital imaging company. During the four years in Sydney and Brisbane, he achieved record results for business development in both B2C and B2B sectors.

Since joining Linguanetic, he has worked to broaden the company's service base, focussing on supporting SMEs in their efforts to enter the Japanese market.

Specialities

With a professional background that spans almost two decades, Gareth has a proven record in all of the aspects of value chain - from sourcing and procurement, technical operations, and sales & marketing. Gareth also has extensive experience in global business developments connecting Japan, Europe, US and Oceania.