Dom Thurbon is a world top-ten speaker and a leading authority on Generation Y and workforce trends. He has researched and speaks on issues including workforce trends, employer branding and attracting, retaining and marketing to Generation Y.

After graduating from the University of Sydney, Dominic opted to join Peter Sheahan as lead researcher on his business book, Flip: How counterintuitive thinking is changing everything (now published in Australia, the US, the UK and India); while simultaneously undertaking his honours thesis in Political Science. As Head of Research for Peter Sheahan, he has written a wide variety of articles and reports on the impact of Gen Y in our workplaces and broader society, and actively commentates on the subject. He has led the development of one of the most comprehensive Generation Y research projects in the world, and regularly assists in the preparation of presentations to clients such as Google and News Corporation.

Dom is also co-founder and Managing Director of the Centre for Skills Development, a multimillion dollar company which connects organisations with important messages to hard-to-reach markets. In his work with the Centre, Dominic and his team of 10 have employed their in-depth knowledge of Gen Y, workforce trends and skills shortages in executing projects for major multinational clients that focus on delivering messages into markets that are hard to reach, such as schools and educational institutions.

Dom's speaking skills have been recognised with consistent top-ten Australian, Australasian and World rankings in debating. In 2006, at the World Debating Championships (the largest gathering of speakers in the world) held in Dublin, he was the 7th ranked speaker in the world; and in 2008 he was a grand finalist at the tournament.