谭安厚教授出生和长大于加拿大西部，居住在埃德蒙顿和温尼伯。他之前分别获得了艾伯塔大学的历史文学学士学位，北京语言文化大学的汉语言硕士学位和南京大学的历史学硕士学位。之后获得了香港中文大学的工商管理硕士学位，及纽约大学斯特恩商学院的金融与金融专业的国际商务博士学位。他于1980年参与了中国第一所商学院的筹建，即位于大连的国家工业科学与技术管理中心，随后在香港从事银行业和咨询业长达7年。他曾于2003年至2013年在香港中文大学任职，自2015年以来一直在香港中文大学（深圳）任职。在加入香港中文大学之前，他是加拿大麦克马斯特大学财务系副教授。他已与Joanna结婚，并有两个儿子Owen和Jason。他的爱好包括越野滑雪、帆板运动、散步和唱歌。

Books:

1. Hugh Thomas and Donna Kelly [ed] Entrepreneurship Education in Asia Edward Elgar, London 2011 (238 pages) ISBN 978-1-84980-947-4
2. Hugh Thomas [ed] Global Entrepreneurship: Proceedings from the Roundtable on Entrepreneurship Education Asia 2009 Chinese University of Hong Kong Center for Entrepreneurship, 2010.
3. Hugh Thomas with researchers from Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Shenzhen Academy of Social Sciences Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Hong Kong and Shenzhen 2009 July, 2010 (and in Chinese 全球创业观察2002香港及深圳研究报告) ISBN 978-988-99198-9-4 (and in Chinese ISBN 978-988-99198-8-7)
4. Hugh Thomas, with He Jia 2007 Asian Banks Competitiveness Rankings Report 21st Century Business Herald, Beijing, 2007

Articles:

1. 1. Hugh Thomas and Zhiqiang Wang “Interpreting the internal ratings-based capital requirements in Basel II” Journal of Banking Regulation (2005), pp 274–289.
2. 2. Hugh Thomas and Zhiqiang Wang “The Integration of Bank Syndicated Loan and Junk Bond Markets” Journal of Banking and Finance 28 ( 2004) pp 299-329.
3. 3. Hugh Thomas “Effects of Asset Securitization on Seller Claimants” Journal of Financial Intermediation, 10; pp 306-330 (2001)
4. 4. Hugh Thomas “On Genuine Deregulation” Cato Journal 21; 2 (Fall 2001) pp 1-11.
5. 5. Hugh Thomas “A Proposal to Deregulate Banking” Cato Journal. vol. 20, no. 2 (Fall 2000) pp 237-253.

Cases:

1. Hugh Thomas, Joyce Wang and Yuhui Wu “Dividend Policy at Fuyao Glass” 2016 Harvard Business Publishing (forthcoming)
2. Hugh Thomas, Shigefumi Makino and Ka Wai Boby Shiu “Asia Pulp & Paper: Implementing the Forest Conservation Policy” (2016) Harvard Business Publishing W16462
3. Andrew Chan, Howard Lam, Hugh Thomas and Elsie Tsui “Hung Fook Tong: From Hong Kong to China” (2016) Harvard Business Publishing W14746
4. Hugh Thomas and Robert P. Lee “Cisco and Cloud-based Education in China” (2015) Harvard Business Publishing W14747
5. Mingkang Liu, Hugh Thomas and Gang Du “China Merchants Bank: Business Model Transformation”(2014) Harvard Business Publishing W14297