Amanda Ward

Amanda joined Grant Thornton in August 2020 as a Partner in Financial Services Advisory. Prior to joining Grant Thornton Amanda spent 8 years with the Irish branch of an International Nordic Bank finishing in the role of Chief Operating Officer. Prior to this she spent 8 years with a Big Four firm where she worked with the Financial Effectiveness Consulting and Audit divisions.

Amanda led the successful transformation of an International Retail Bank. This involved the fundamental redesign and reorganisation of a full-service ‘live’ Retail Bank incorporating over 450 staff and 220,000 customers, into a business unit responsible for the controlled deleveraging of a €10bn balance sheet and wind-down of operations over a 7-year period.