Thomas is a Senior Advisor at Bregal Milestone. He has 35 years of investment banking experience.

Thomas was previously Vice Chairman, Investment Banking at Barclays.Thomas joined Barclays from Citigroup, where he was Chairman of the Financial Institution Group in Europe, Middle East and Africa. He spent most of his earlier career at Goldman Sachs in the Financial Institutions and Mergers and Acquisitions teams.Thomas has an in-depth knowledge of the financial services industry acquired while participating in many of the leading M&A and equity transactions. He is a Belgian national, and he graduated from the University of Louvain with a JD in Law (1982) and an MA in Economics (1983).

He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago (1984). Thomas also graduated as an officer in the Para – Commando regiment, Belgian Army.

Thomas works with Bregal Milestone’s financial services portfolio companies on strategy, business development and exit preparation and process.