Sir William Gennydd Thomas

Sir William Gennydd Thomas (born 1959) is a British businessman who was a business executive at Electronic Data Systems (EDS) for 25 years. His responsibilities at EDS included delivery of major UK Government IT systems. In 2003, he gave evidence to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Public Accounts Committee after an error during the rollout of a £168m contract relating to the Inland Revenue.

When EDS was acquired by Hewlett Packard (HP) in 2003 Thomas became general manager for HP's Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) division. He remained in that role until 2009. Thomas is the son of Jack Thomas, a deputy headteacher, and his wife Hetty. He grew up in Colne, where he attended primary school; he was then educated at St Theodore's Comprehensive School in Burnley before completing his undergraduate education at the University of Leeds; he graduated with a BSc in mathematics. Thomas went on to complete an MSc in digital systems at Brunel University and an MBA from the Cranfield School of Management.

Career Thomas began his career working in radar development at Marconi, before joining the US-based IT services company Electronic Data Systems (EDS); during which time the company heavily expanded its presence in the UK. Initially recruited to work in its manufacturing division,

Following EDS's takeover by Hewlett-Packard in August 2008, Thomas became HP's senior vice-president and general manager for the EMEA division; he remained in that role until December 2009. He was knighted in the 2020 New Year Honours for "charitable and political service".

Later, he lived at Hopton Hall, in Hopton, Derbyshire for a time.