Tom Hands

Tom is an Australian now based in Hong Kong. He is well known to many within the industry and has an extensive wealth of experience in International Education and Recruitment.

He joined INTO from Kaplan International where he was Chief Commercial Officer for nearly 2 years and oversaw strategic reviews of expansion markets, recruitment and marketing structures and global integration initiatives

Tom’s International Education sector career started at Navitas in 2003, where he stayed until 2020, with a stint at Study Group from 2011 to 2013 as Partner Director –South and South East Asia. Prior to joining Kaplan in 2020, Tom was Navitas’ General Manager – Global Sales where he was responsible for Navitas’ global source market sales team and legal/operational entities, and previously Regional Sales Director, Greater China and North Asia.

Tom has completed Bachelors degrees in International Business and Chinese at the University of Queensland, and speaks Mandarin. He will now focus on our Recruitment business unit as a member of the Executive Team