Alex Thomas

Inspired by her experiences as a part-time carer for her disabled father as a result of his life’s work in agriculture, Alex Thomas (IG: @plantaseedforsafety) is the Founder of the globally acclaimed #PlantASeedForSafety Project and is a fierce advocate for the health, safety and wellbeing of those in rural industries and communities.

With over 14 years’ experience in work health and safety, Alex was a regional winner in the 2020 Syngenta Growth Awards, a finalist in the 2020 Weekly Times Shine Awards, was the 2018 AgriFutures Rural Woman of the Year (South Australia) and the winner of the 2018 SafeWork SA Augusta Zadow Award, amongst many others.

The proud Director and Principal Consultant of her own consulting business, Alex’s core objective is to help her clients re-calibrate the value proposition of work health and safety from ‘box-ticking’ to empowering people, reducing risk, and ultimately preventing people from getting hurt.