About

The multi-lingual and diligent general counsel Tom Thomas is the current general counsel of Agoda, a part of The Priceline Group and a world leading online travel and related services provider. Based in Bangkok, Thomas is responsible for all legal and related issues including compliance and risk, allowing the businesses to flourish commercially. Indeed, Thomas created Agoda’s global legal function from scratch in an attempt to deal with the myriad legal issues that arise from the online travel sector. He acts as compliance and ethics officer and oversees the awareness of the company code of conduct and related policies in Agoda’s offices in different jurisdictions. Initiatives including a compliance program and live trainings across the whole company and shares close links with his colleagues in other arms of the business; working closely with the HR function, reporting to the other members of the management team.