Dr Jill Thomas

After a career in Human Resources Management and Training & Development in both the private sector and higher education, Jill developed a keen interest in family owned businesses. Her PhD studies were in the area of leadership and family business, and she also explored issues relevant to human resources, boards and governance of small-to-medium sized family businesses. Jill Co-founded the Family Business Education and Research Group (FBERG) at the University of Adelaide, developed an elective on Family Business for post-graduate management programs, and published papers about family business issues. Since retiring from her substantive role in the University of Adelaide Business School, Jill has been a Visiting Research Fellow there. She is also a Fellow of the Family Firm Institute (FFI), a former long-time member of FBA-SA advisory committee and former Director on the FBA Board.