Olivier Maitre is the Founder and Managing Partner of Thymus Consulting, a consulting firm making companies think people first. A leader in human-centered solutions, Thymus changes the way organizations approach the importance of people through innovative and impactful programs and mindset transformation. Before setting his own company in 2014 in Hong Kong, Maitre has held multiple senior executive HR roles across the globe and across industries, including 10 years in Silicon Valley. He also worked as Associate Partner in Accenture, providing him both the strengths of a Human Resources practitioner and an Organisation & Human Performance consultant. Maitre is a successful strategic coach and mentor to CEOs and their leadership teams and is able to quickly relate business priorities to people-related solutions. He has successfully advised startups in setting up and expanding their businesses, has handled major business reorganizations in large companies, and has initiated and led several creative HR strategies to improve business performance, especially in Asia-Pacific where he has resided for the last 15 years.

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