Thomas Couronne

Central retail digital

Chief Data Officer

As the Chief Data Officer at Central Digital, Thomas leads the data organization that fuels the e-commerce and online-offline convergence of analytics for Central Retail, the largest retailer in Thailand and Vietnam.

With over 20 years of experience in tech and data across various industries, Thomas has a proven track record of building and scaling data teams, products, platforms, and strategies that deliver value and impact for the business and the customers. He is passionate about leveraging data as a product to enable data-driven decision making, insights generation, and innovation.

He is responsible for defining and driving the data and analytics strategy, establishing the data governance body, developing the data products and platforms roadmap, and ensuring alignment with the business units’ objectives.

Thomas also oversees the operational structure, key programs, and P&L of the data organization, which consists of data products, data science, data governance, data technologies, data analytics, and data PMO teams.